Last updated: July 3, 2026
This AI Usage Policy explains how Hubkub may use AI-assisted tools inside our editorial workflow and what safeguards we apply before publishing. It complements our AI Disclosure and broader editorial policies.
Allowed AI-assisted uses
- Research organization, outlining, brainstorming, and turning notes into a clearer article structure.
- Grammar, readability, formatting, headline, FAQ, and internal-link suggestions.
- Summarizing official documentation or release notes for editorial review, while preserving source checking.
- Quality-control checks for missing caveats, unclear definitions, thin sections, or unsupported claims.
- Translation and localization support when reviewed for meaning, clarity, and cultural context.
Human responsibilities
Hubkub remains responsible for published content. AI assistance does not remove the need for human review, source checking, safety judgment, or clear disclosure. We do not intentionally publish AI-generated claims that fabricate hands-on testing, official statements, performance benchmarks, prices, quotes, or personal experience.
Before publication or major updates, editors should check whether the page has a clear purpose, useful reader context, relevant internal links, and appropriate warnings for software, downloads, privacy, pricing, or security topics.
High-risk topics and limits
AI output must be treated with caution on security, malware, legal, medical, financial, privacy, and complex technical subjects. These areas require additional verification and should not be presented as personalized professional advice.
For software download pages, AI must not invent official download URLs, checksum values, malware results, release versions, or vendor claims. Official sources and current page checks should guide those details.
Quality and disclosure standards
- Do not use AI to create mass-produced pages that add little original structure, context, or reader value.
- Do not hide affiliate relationships, sponsorship, advertising, or commercial influence behind AI-generated wording.
- Do not create fake download buttons, exaggerated promises, or unsupported “best” claims.
- Use AI to improve clarity and completeness, not to avoid editorial responsibility.
Related pages
This policy may be updated as AI tools, editorial workflows, and reader expectations change.
Editorial safeguards for AI-assisted work
AI tools can help organize research notes and improve readability, but they can also introduce confident errors. Hubkub treats AI output as a draft aid, not as proof. Editors should check names, dates, product claims, pricing, benchmark claims, security statements, and download details before publishing or materially updating a page.
For AI-related articles, extra care is needed because model names, availability, context windows, pricing, safety policies, and developer documentation can change quickly. If a detail is important to the reader’s decision, the article should either point readers toward official sources or clearly explain that the detail may change.
- AI should not invent hands-on testing, screenshots, quotes, benchmark results, release notes, or official statements.
- AI should not create fake urgency, unsupported “best” claims, or exaggerated safety promises.
- AI-assisted drafts should be reviewed for privacy, security, affiliate, and download-safety implications.
- High-risk pages should include verification reminders and avoid personalized professional advice.
When AI assistance should be limited
AI assistance should be used cautiously when a page involves malware, account security, legal obligations, medical topics, financial decisions, or irreversible configuration changes. In those cases, the page should be conservative, source-aware, and clear about limits.
If AI-generated text makes a page longer without adding decision value, it should be removed. Hubkub’s goal is useful depth, not filler. A longer article is only better when the additional sections explain context, trade-offs, steps, limitations, examples, or safer choices.
