
Trust & Disclosure
Disclose AI Use: A Practical Decision Guide
Disclose AI use when a governing policy requires it or when the tool materially shaped what the audience is being asked to trust.
Fluency is not verification. Treat names, dates, quotations, statistics, citations, links, technical claims, and legal or medical statements as claims that require reliable evidence outside the generated draft. Disclosure should give the audience useful context, not perform a ritual confession. Follow the rules that govern the work, describe material AI involvement honestly, and keep records detailed enough to answer a real question later.

Disclose AI use when a governing policy requires it or when the tool materially shaped what the audience is being asked to trust.

Fact-check AI writing by extracting every verifiable claim into a ledger before polishing the prose.