Method

Plain News by AI uses artificial intelligence to process news reports from identifiable sources and publish clear summaries of international events.

This page explains how source material is selected, processed, organised and updated.

Source material

Source material is received from identifiable news providers, official statements, public records and other attributable sources.

Each published story includes source information so readers can see where the underlying reporting originated. Claims made by governments, organisations, witnesses or other parties are presented as claims unless independently confirmed by the available reporting.

Story processing

When a news report is received, artificial intelligence is used to:

• determine whether it is relevant to the service;
• classify it under the most appropriate topic;
• identify whether it describes a new story or an update to an existing story;
• extract the main confirmed facts, claims, context and uncertainties;
• prepare a clear summary using defined editorial rules; and
• create or update the published story.

Reports describing the same event are grouped together where appropriate rather than being presented as unrelated stories.

Summaries and language

Summaries are written to remove subjective wording, emotive language, personal opinion, political framing and spin while preserving the meaning of the underlying reporting.

The AI is instructed not to present allegations, predictions or disputed statements as confirmed facts. Relevant uncertainty, disagreement and missing information should remain visible in the summary.

Updates and timestamps

Developing stories are updated when new reports or feedback provide material information.

Updates are grouped with the existing story so readers can follow what changed over time. Publication and update timestamps are shown separately from the source notes.

Source notes

Source notes are kept separate from the main summary. They identify the origin and timing of the reporting without being treated as part of the story itself.

Plain News by AI summarises source material; it does not claim to have independently witnessed or verified every reported event.

Use of artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence performs the processing of the news feed, topic classification, comparison, summarisation and publication of stories according to defined rules.

AI does not create the underlying facts. Its output depends on the accuracy, completeness and clarity of the available source material.