AI Use Disclosure
We use artificial intelligence, and we say so
Draft entries and their translations are produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence. Every entry drafted this way carries a visible disclosure, and the editor reviews it before publication.
The tool and the model
- The tool: Claude, made by Anthropic.
- The model: Anthropic releases new models from time to time. So every entry records the name of the model used to draft and translate it, in the "Provenance and Review" tab.
- Claude has an entry in the encyclopedia, and so does Anthropic. Their entries go through extra checks. See "Conflicts of interest" in Neutrality and Countering Misinformation.
What AI does, and what it does not do
| Task | Is AI used? | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Finding sources | Yes | Every source is opened and read. No source is accepted before verifying that it exists and says what is attributed to it |
| Drafting | Yes: the first draft, on the template for the entry type | The editor reviews the whole draft |
| Translation into English | Yes | No unreviewed machine translation is published |
| Images | No for images of real people and real events. Allowed for a drawing that explains a concept | A generated image is labelled visibly, with the model name and date of generation. See the Images and Logos Policy |
| Review, approval and publication | No | For the editor alone |
| Settling a dispute | No | Conflicting positions are presented with their sources |
Human review
The editor reviews each entry once before publication, in both its Arabic and English versions:
- Checks the information against its sources, especially numbers, dates and names.
- Verifies that what organizations say is attributed to them.
- Confirms that the translation adds nothing and omits nothing.
A substantive update sends the entry back for review, such as changing a fact, a date or a judgment.
Review records
The encyclopedia keeps evidence of the human review of every entry:
- The reviewer's name and the review date, recorded in the entry itself. No entry is published without them.
- The pull request in which the draft was submitted to the editor, who approved it.
- The full edit history in the version control system (Git): what changed, when, and by whom.
Editorial responsibility and EU law
Article 50(4) of the EU AI Act requires anyone who publishes AI-generated text to inform the public on matters of public interest to disclose that fact. The Article exempts text that has undergone human review or editorial control, where a natural or legal person holds editorial responsibility for its publication.
- Every entry published in the encyclopedia has undergone human review, and the editor holds editorial responsibility for its publication. See Editor.
- The review records listed above are what this exemption rests on.
- Even so, the encyclopedia discloses the use of AI in every entry, because disclosure is part of the reader's trust.
What the reader sees in every entry
- The trust bar: "AI assistance: Disclosed".
- The "Provenance and Review" tab:
- The stages of preparation with their dates: drafting, automated checks, review, and publication.
- The name of the model used.
- The reviewer's name and the review date.
- The change log.
- The English version appears only after its translation has been reviewed.
- A generated image is shown with its label, the model name and the date of generation.
Drafts
An entry marked "Draft" has not yet gone through human review, so it should not be relied on before it is published.
If you find an error
If you see an error in an entry that may come from AI, such as a source that does not say what is attributed to it, write to us through Corrections, Merges and Withdrawals.