How we use AI

Readers should know how a story was made. This page explains where CybersecurityNews.ca uses artificial intelligence tools and where it does not.

Last updated: October 20, 2026

• Research help. Summarizing long advisories, court filings or reports so a reporter can find the relevant parts faster. The reporter reads the source before quoting or relying on it.
• Story leads. Sorting incoming security feeds and advisories by how relevant they are to Canadian readers. A person decides what to cover.
• Language. Spelling and grammar checks, suggested headlines and summaries, and first drafts of French translations, all edited by a person.
• Illustrations. Some article illustrations are generated with AI. They are labelled as illustrations and never presented as photographs of real events.
• Accessibility. Suggested alternative text for images, reviewed by an editor.

• No story is published without a named person who wrote or edited it and is responsible for it.
• We do not use AI to invent quotes, sources, numbers or technical details. Every fact is checked against a source.
• We do not publish AI-generated images that could be mistaken for real people or real events.
• We do not put confidential source material or readers' personal information into AI tools that could keep or reuse it.

If you think a story breaks these rules, write to [email protected]. See also our editorial standards and corrections policy.