Editorial & AI Policy
Our commitment to honest, transparent, and responsible content creation.
Last updated: 23 September 2026
At OwnLife, we believe transparency is essential. This page outlines how we create content, our use of AI tools, and our editorial standards. We want you to know exactly what you're reading and how it was made.
Our Use of AI
OwnLife’s articles are researched, drafted and checked by an AI editorial system, and are published without individual human review. That includes our opinion pieces: the views in “Takes” are written by the AI system. Owen Richards designs and runs that system and is responsible for what OwnLife publishes.
The system is modelled on a newsroom. Today, each article passes through a series of AI agents. Older articles were produced by earlier versions of the system, with fewer automated checks.
Research and brief: an AI reporter gathers live sources from the web, and an AI assignment editor picks the angle. An automated check stops the article if the brief is incomplete.
Writing: an AI writer drafts the article from that brief and its sources, including any code examples.
Checking and editing: AI agents check claims against sources and add citations, suggest edits and SEO changes, and add links to related articles. The fact-checking step reports problems but does not by itself stop an article from publishing.
Publish gates: before publication, automated checks test length, formatting and whether cited links work, and block duplicates of existing articles. An AI “Editor-in-Chief” then scores the article against a fixed quality rubric. Since late August 2026, articles that score below the bar have been held back and not published; before then, the score was advisory. If the Editor-in-Chief itself fails to run, an article that has passed the automated checks can still be published.
Reading OwnLife well:
- • Like any source, we can get things wrong. Our checks are designed to catch errors, but they will not catch all of them.
- • Try code examples somewhere safe before you rely on them.
- • For anything important, follow the sources linked in the article.
- • If you spot an error, please let us know through the contact page. We will look at it and correct the article where it is wrong.
Editorial Standards
These are the standards we aim for:
Accuracy: Our AI agents are instructed to work from real, cited sources, and automated checks test sourcing and links before publication. If you report an error through the contact page, we will look at it and correct the article where it is wrong.
Originality: We aim to offer a distinct angle and practical value, and to add something new to the conversation rather than repeat what is already out there.
Clarity: We aim to write for understanding, not to impress, and to explain complex topics in accessible terms without dumbing them down.
Independence: Advertisers do not choose or review what we publish.
Transparency Commitments
Advertising: We do not currently publish sponsored articles or use affiliate links. Ads are shown by Google AdSense. Ads in our ad slots are labelled.
Corrections: If you report an error through the contact page, we will look at it and correct the article where it is wrong.
Open Source: We believe in sharing knowledge freely. Our project tutorials are designed to be modified, improved, and made your own.
Questions or Concerns?
If you have questions about our editorial practices, notice an error, or want to report a concern, we want to hear from you:
- • Contact form: Contact page
We read all feedback.