Our commitment
A correction is not a failure of journalism — a quietly-edited article is. We commit to four things:
- Transparency. Every substantive change to a published story is logged on the story itself with what changed and when.
- Speed. We respond to correction requests within one business day and fix confirmed errors as soon as we've verified them.
- Honesty about source. If a correction came from a reader, a source, another outlet, or our own discovery, that attribution goes in the correction note where relevant.
- No silent edits. We will not quietly update a published factual claim. Typo fixes and formatting tweaks do not require a note, but anything that changes the meaning of a sentence does.
How to report an error
Email hello@aichatdaily.com. A good correction request gives us:
- The full URL of the article.
- The exact sentence or claim you believe is wrong.
- What the correct information is.
- A primary source we can verify against — a filing, a press release, a transcript, a direct quote from someone in a position to know — wherever possible.
The more specific you are, the faster we can act. Vague notes along the lines of “this whole story is wrong” still get read, but they take longer to untangle.
What counts as what
We use four distinct labels depending on what happened. The label appears at the bottom of the affected article and in the log at the bottom of this page.
Correction
A fact in the story was wrong and has been fixed. Examples: the wrong year, a misspelled name, a funding round overstated by an order of magnitude, a quote misattributed. The correct information is now in the body of the piece; the original error and what replaced it are described in a footer note.
Clarification
The original wording was technically accurate but ambiguous, incomplete, or easy to misread. We add or rewrite a sentence to remove the ambiguity and append a note explaining what was clarified and why. Clarifications are not used to soften accurate but unflattering reporting after the fact.
Update
The underlying facts changed after publication — a deal closed, a lawsuit settled, a company responded, a number was revised. The article is updated with the new information and an “Updated” timestamp is added. Updates are not corrections: nothing in the original was wrong at press time.
Retraction
A story is materially wrong in a way that a correction can't repair — the central claim cannot be supported, or the sourcing turned out to be unreliable. Retracted stories are marked clearly as retracted at the top, with the reasons explained in a retraction note. We keep the original text visible with strike-through formatting so readers can see exactly what we published. We do not memory-hole articles.
What we do not treat as corrections
- Typos, punctuation fixes, broken links, and formatting — we fix these silently.
- Subjective disagreements with our analysis. If you believe a piece of opinion writing is wrong-headed, we'll gladly consider a letter to the editor; that's a separate process from corrections.
- Requests to remove accurate reporting because a subject now finds it inconvenient. Unpleasant is not the same as wrong. See our editorial standards for how we think about unpublish requests.
Right of reply
If you are the subject of a story and believe our reporting is unfair or incomplete, we want to hear from you. Email hello@aichatdaily.com with the article URL and your response. We may:
- Append a statement from you to the article.
- Update the piece to include additional context or a quote you've provided on the record.
- Write a follow-up if the new information meaningfully changes the story.
- Issue a correction or retraction if warranted.
We do not grant pre-publication review in exchange for a quote, and we do not agree to strip a story of its core findings in exchange for a statement.
Unpublish and right-to-be-forgotten requests
We generally do not remove published articles. Journalism is a record, and removing a piece of it would mislead readers about what we reported. We will, in rare cases, remove or redact specific details that:
- Identify a private individual who is not a public figure and whose identification no longer serves the public interest.
- Put a source in physical danger.
- Were included in error and violate an individual's legal right to privacy in a jurisdiction that applies to them.
Requests of this kind go to hello@aichatdaily.com with as much detail as you are comfortable sharing.
Public corrections log
A running log of all corrections and retractions from the past twelve months appears below. Older items are kept on the articles themselves and remain searchable.