How this started
Origin:
Founded in late 2024 by a small group of policy reporters and lawyers who saw the AI regulatory record being narrated faster than it was being read.
- The desk started with two correspondents and a list of every active AI-related rulemaking in Washington, Brussels, and Sacramento.
- The list grew. So did the masthead.
- Today the desk publishes a daily edition of the briefs that move policy.
Editorial standards
Standard:
Real facts, real sources, no fabrication.
- Primary sources first. whitehouse.gov, federalregister.gov, eur-lex.europa.eu, court opinions on PACER and CourtListener, agency press releases, official bill text on the legislature's own server.
- Secondary sources supplement, not replace. Reuters, AP, FT, NYT, WSJ, Bloomberg, Politico may add context. They do not substitute for the primary record.
- No "experts say." No "may." No "could possibly." Attribute precisely or state the fact. If we can't verify it, we drop it.
- Verbatim or paraphrase. Direct quotes are verbatim from a sourced document or transcript. Anything else is indirect speech.
Corrections
Errors of fact are corrected inline on the affected brief, dated and noted. We do not silently edit.
Tips and pitches
Tips, document submissions, and corrections reach the desk through the channels listed on the desk page. The desk treats material shared in confidence as confidential.