How the daily news brief is made

The daily news brief summarises the previous day's security vendor news. It is drafted by an AI model, not written by a person, and we say so on every post. This page describes what the process does and what it does not.

What happens each day

1. We collect the articles our vendor news pages first saw the day before, and group reports of the same event from different outlets into one story.
2. An AI model reads the text of each article and writes a short summary in its own words, then groups stories into themes and writes a few sentences on each.
3. Every sentence cites the numbered sources it is based on. Numbers in the post come from the sources or from our own catalogue counts, and the catalogue figures are computed by us, not by the model.
4. A second AI pass checks each sentence against the articles it cites. Sentences the sources do not support are removed. A theme that loses its support is dropped.
5. If too much had to be removed, or the post is too thin, it is not published.

What this does not guarantee

Checking is automated and imperfect. A sentence can pass the check and still be incomplete or miss context that is in a source we did not read. The brief is a pointer to the sources, not a replacement for them: read the linked article before relying on a claim. Links to sources are marked nofollow and open the publisher's own page. We do not endorse any vendor or publication named in a brief.

Corrections

If we remove or change a sentence after publishing, the post shows a “Corrected” date. We can also unpublish a post entirely. To report an error, use the help page and name the date and the sentence.

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