Ai Notice

Ai is used on this website

The site owner has declared that AI tools are used. The details below explain where and how.

Threadmap News uses AI as part of an evidence-led editorial workflow. AI helps us find, organise and examine connections between public sources; it does not replace source reporting, evidence checks or clear editorial boundaries.

AI tools and services: We use a mix of local and cloud-based AI language models for research support, source organisation, drafting and editorial structure. Specific tools may change over time as the workflow develops.
What AI is used for: - Finding and clustering relevant public reporting
- Summarising and comparing source material
- Identifying possible cross-domain connections
- Supporting article structure and first drafts
- Checking that articles distinguish documented facts, interpretation and hypothesis
- Producing some site and editorial copy
What AI is not used for: AI is not treated as a source or as proof of a claim. It is not used to invent sources, fill gaps in evidence, present speculation as fact, impersonate outside experts, or make unsupported predictions. Articles are not published when the evidence path is unclear.
Human review and responsibility: Threadmap News is an AI-assisted publication, with Daniel Mercer as its public editorial identity. The editorial workflow checks source links, evidence boundaries, article structure and public rendering before publication. The site operator remains responsible for the publication, its editorial policy and corrections.
Data and privacy: This editorial workflow is designed around public reporting and public source material. We do not intentionally send visitor messages, customer records, private correspondence, confidential source material or other sensitive personal data to AI services for article production. This statement concerns the editorial workflow; normal website hosting and analytics may process limited technical visitor data under their own policies.
Limitations and context: AI can make mistakes, miss context or overstate apparent connections. Threadmap therefore labels the difference between documented fact, interpretation, hypothesis and missing evidence. A source link is provided wherever possible, and readers should follow the original reporting for full context. We welcome corrections.

HOW THREADMAP WORKS

Our method

Follow what connects. Label what does not.

Threadmap News is an AI-assisted publication operated through a fictional editorial team and edited under the Daniel Mercer byline.

We collect public sources, test possible connections across domains, separate documented facts from interpretation and hypothesis, and name the missing evidence. A connection is not a cause.

Our evidence standard

Use primary or genuinely independent reporting where possible.
Record source dates and independence groups.
State the mechanism and the boundary of each connection.
Give hypotheses a confirmation test and a way they could be weakened.
Do not publish when the evidence does not clear the editorial gate.

Research desk names represent specialist roles within the Threadmap system; they are not separate outside authorities.

THREADMAP NEWSROOM

The people behind the threads

Editors, researchers and evidence reviewers bring separate areas of expertise to every connection we examine.

Editorial

Research Desk