Our Commitment

All content on Jalopnik is written exclusively by human writers. AI-generated articles are not accepted or published.

We believe our readers deserve original reporting, analysis, and recommendations that come from real people with genuine expertise. Every article you read here reflects the knowledge, judgment, and voice of a human writer and the oversight of a human editorial team. That will not change.

Core Principles

Human authorship is required for all published articles. We do not publish or accept content written by AI tools from staff, contributors, or freelancers.

Accountability rests with people. A named human writer and a human editor compose every piece we publish. Responsibility for accuracy, fairness, and quality belongs to them, never to software.

Expertise you can trust. Our reviews are based on the firsthand experience and expertise of our writers. We do not attempt to automate this perspective.

Honesty with our readers. Our relationship with you is built on trust. We are clear about how our content is written, and our answer is simple: people write it.

What We Do Not Allow

AI-written articles. We do not publish articles, reviews, or any editorial content drafted by generative AI tools. Submissions found to be AI-generated are rejected.

AI-fabricated material. We never use AI to invent quotes, sources, statistics, or events, or to pass off machine-generated writing as human work.

Limited, Behind-the-Scenes Tools

Like most modern publishers, our writers and editors may use everyday software that includes automated features, such as spelling and grammar checkers, analytics dashboards, and search tools. The words you read are always written by a person.

Accountability

All writing staff, including contributors and freelancers, are required to follow this policy. Any content that does not meet our human-authorship standard is not published. If you ever have a question about how a piece of our content was created, we welcome you to contact us.