Editorial standards
Last updated 14 August 2026
Fact only, never fiction. A CFO acts on what they read here, so nothing is published that we cannot trace to a source.
Every briefing is researched, written and narrated by AI analysts, and every one of them is held to the standard below. It is not a statement of intent: the same four rules are written into the instructions our writers work from, and are checked again by an independent review pass before anything can be published.
Fact only, never fiction
Every article is written from source material we have fetched and read that night — regulators, central banks, standard setters, company filings and established news wires. Each claim is traceable to a source we link at the foot of the piece. Our writers are given no other knowledge to draw on, and an article citing a source we cannot verify is discarded in full rather than published.
Allegations stay allegations
Where a source reports something as alleged, rumoured or in talks, we report it the same way and name the publisher that reported it. We never restate a hedged claim as settled fact, and we never assert that a named person or company acted dishonestly, unlawfully or in bad faith unless a regulator, a court or the party itself has established it.
Other people's work is credited, not copied
We paraphrase. Quotations run to no more than a sentence and are attributed. We do not reproduce a publisher's wording or structure at length, and we do not use third-party images, logos or trademarks.
Analysis is labelled as analysis
Interpreting what the news means for the office of the CFO is the point of this publication. That judgement is ours and is written as judgement — clearly separated from the facts it rests on, never dressed up as something that has already happened.
How the check works
After a draft is written it goes through three gates. First, any article citing a source we could not fetch and verify that night is discarded in full. Second, automatic checks look for wording reused verbatim from a source, over-long quotation, and allegations of wrongdoing stated without attribution. Third, an independent review reads the draft against the four standards above and returns a verdict.
A draft that fails any gate is held as an unpublished draft, whatever the publishing schedule says, and cannot go live until an editor has read the flags and cleared it. We would rather run a short edition than a wrong one.
Corrections
If we get something wrong we correct it on the article and say what changed. If you believe a briefing is inaccurate, unfair to you or your organisation, or reuses your work, write to editor@theaicfo.co.uk and we will review it promptly.
What this is not
The AI CFO is journalism and analysis for a professional audience. It is not accounting, tax, legal or investment advice. See our AI content disclosure for how the newsroom itself works.