Editorial Guidelines

AI Disclosure

Every daily briefing is generated using Claude's frontier model from Anthropic. The AI synthesizes information from curated sources into original editorial content — it does not simply copy or rewrite existing articles. Hero images are generated using AI image generation tools.

Audio narrations of briefings, when available, are generated using text-to-speech technology and are clearly labeled as such.

Content Sourcing

Our news monitoring infrastructure tracks 300+ curated sources on X, plus Hacker News and GitHub trending, including:

• AI researchers and labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, etc.)
• The AI infrastructure layer: GPU clouds, chipmakers, datacenter operators, and the semiconductor trade press
• Developer tool companies and open-source maintainers
• AI startup founders and prominent engineers
• Security researchers covering AI safety and vulnerabilities
• Tech journalists and industry analysts

Sources are selected for credibility, relevance to the AI builder community, and track record of accurate reporting. We do not use anonymous or unverified sources. All source articles are linked in the original news feed so readers can verify information independently.

Source Scoring

Each incoming article is automatically scored 1–10 by Claude's frontier model on relevance to builders, novelty (is this genuinely new?), information content (concrete numbers beat adjectives), and impact on the compute layer. Only articles meeting our quality threshold appear in the news feed, and the highest-scoring stories are selected for the daily briefing.

Editorial Process

The daily briefing follows a structured editorial pipeline:

1. Aggregation — Our system continuously monitors curated sources and ingests new articles throughout the day
2. Scoring & Ranking — Claude evaluates each article for relevance, novelty, and impact, assigning a numerical score
3. Selection — The top-scoring articles from the past 24 hours are selected as briefing source material
4. Synthesis — Claude reads the selected articles and writes an original editorial briefing: the mechanism behind each story, the arithmetic the sources skipped, and concrete implications for builders
5. Publication — The briefing is published daily at 6 AM UTC with structured data (JSON-LD), proper meta tags, and an auto-generated hero image
6. Audio — An optional audio narration is generated for accessibility and convenience

The human editorial team oversees source curation, scoring parameters, the publication pipeline, and reviews output quality on an ongoing basis. The team can intervene at any stage to adjust, correct, or withhold content.

Original Analysis & The Wager

We hold our writing to an originality bar: a story summary must add information beyond its headline, the briefing must say something the wire didn't, and the weekly essay's thesis must be a claim found in none of its sources. Synthesis is the floor.

The signature device is The Wager. Every daily briefing closes with one original, non-consensus claim about what happens next — stated with the evidence behind it, the publicly observable event that would prove it wrong, and a date by which it settles. The weekly essay develops the strongest wager of the week into a full thesis and ends with a wager of its own.

Fact-Checking Standards

Because our briefings synthesize information from multiple sources rather than conducting original reporting, our fact-checking approach focuses on:

• Source verification — We only ingest content from pre-vetted, credible accounts. Anonymous tips or unverified rumors are excluded from our monitoring pipeline
• Cross-referencing — When a story appears from a single source, the AI is instructed to note it as unconfirmed or attribute it specifically rather than presenting it as established fact
• Link attribution — All claims in the news feed link back to their original source, allowing readers to evaluate the evidence directly
• Hedging language — The AI is prompted to use appropriate qualifiers ("reportedly," "according to," "claims") when information has not been independently verified by multiple sources

We acknowledge that AI-generated content can contain errors. Our system is designed to minimize this risk through careful source selection and prompting, but we do not claim perfection.

Corrections Policy

We take accuracy seriously. If you spot an error in any of our content:

• Email us at [email protected] with the specific briefing date and the error
• Reach out via our Discord server
• Contact us on Twitter/X @nextbigdev

When we confirm an error, we will update the affected briefing with a correction notice and note the date of the correction. Significant factual errors will be addressed as quickly as possible, typically within 24 hours of being reported.

Wagers are treated the same way: when one settles against us, we acknowledge it in the next briefing or essay rather than quietly letting it expire.

Content Independence

nextbig.dev does not accept payment for coverage. Our news feed and briefings are not influenced by advertising, sponsorships, or commercial relationships. Source selection and scoring are based solely on relevance and quality criteria.

If we ever introduce sponsored content or partnerships, they will be clearly labeled and separated from editorial content.