What we publish

AI Coalition Network publishes four distinct kinds of content, and they are held to different standards. Knowing which one you are reading matters:

  • Research guides (under /learn) — written explainers and comparisons on AI ethics, governance, policy, security and compliance. These carry a named author, a last-verified date and a list of the primary sources behind their claims.
  • Company rankings — scores produced by the process set out on our methodology page. A score is not an opinion about a company and is not meaningful without that method.
  • Place guides — AI ethics guides for US counties, countries and economic regions. These are assembled programmatically from a per-place editorial angle combined with public data, chiefly the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey. See “Automation” below.
  • Certification course material — paid content for enrolled students, not public research.

Sourcing

For anything touching law, regulation, official guidance or government policy, we cite primary sources — the statute, the register entry, the agency publication — rather than reporting about them. Secondary reporting may add context but does not replace an authoritative source where one exists.

We distinguish explicitly between law, regulation, executive action, official guidance, proposed legislation, voluntary standards and industry recommendation. Proposed legislation is never described as current law.

Dating and review

Government AI policy and the AI industry both move quickly, so a publication date alone is not enough to tell you whether a page is still accurate. Research guides therefore carry a last-verified date: the date someone last checked the claims against their sources, which may be later than the date the page was written.

Review cadence is set by how fast the subject changes:

  • 30–60 days — AI company news, model releases, agent developments.
  • 60–90 days — government AI policy, procurement, compliance and regulation.
  • 6–12 months — definitions, fundamentals and general implementation guidance.

Content past its review window is flagged for a human to check. It is never rewritten automatically on the strength of the flag alone.

Automation and AI assistance

We use automation, and we would rather tell you exactly where than leave you to guess:

  • The place guides are programmatically assembled. Each place is assigned one editorial angle, and the page is built from that angle plus public statistical data. They are not individually authored, and we do not present them as though they were.
  • Research guides are written and edited by people, who may use AI tools for drafting, structuring or summarising. Every factual claim, statistic and citation in a published guide is checked by a person against its source before publication.
  • We do not publish unverified AI-generated claims, invented statistics, invented citations, or quotes that were not said.

What we will not do

  • Invent experts, credentials, customers, awards or government relationships.
  • Claim continuing-education credit or external recognition we have not been granted.
  • Publish pages that exist only because a search term exists.
  • Present a paid placement as independent research.

Independence

Company rankings are not for sale. A company cannot pay to be listed, to raise its score, or to have a competitor removed. Our certification programmes are paid products and are labelled as such wherever they appear.

Corrections

We correct errors, and we record that we have. See our corrections policy for how to report one and what happens next.