Standards
AI use policy
NPHLA uses AI to help find, organise and draft information from cited sources — never to invent it, and never in place of the people it quotes.
Our approach
Modern AI systems assist NPHLA’s work where they help professionals understand what changed and why it matters. AI is an assistant, never an author or an expert: no content is attributed to a named person who did not write or review it, and NPHLA staff are accountable for everything published. These rules apply alongside our editorial standards.
Where AI is used today
This table reflects the current configuration of NPHLA’s systems.
| Task | What AI does | What people do | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drafting briefings | Drafts a briefing using only the sources in its Source File, under versioned instructions (intel-briefing@2026-10-01.1) that forbid unsupported claims, dosing advice and close paraphrase. | Every AI-assisted draft is reviewed and approved by an NPHLA editor before it is published. | Not in use at present |
| Updating published briefings | Proposes an update when new sources arrive for a published story. | Nothing changes until an editor approves the update; it is then dated on the public update timeline. | Not in use at present |
| Dates in documents | Reads comment deadlines and effective dates from documents. | Hidden from readers until an editor verifies each date. | Not in use at present |
| Glossary definitions and NPHLA Explains | Drafts plain-English definitions and explainers using only the official sources cited on each page. | A definition or explainer appears in the glossary or NPHLA Explains only after an editor has checked it against its sources and approved it. AI-assisted explainers carry the “AI-assisted · Editor reviewed” label. | In use |
| Illustrative artwork | Creates abstract hero artwork (visual system nphla-visual@2026-10-01.1) — no people, no real events, no text or logos. | Approved by staff before use; never presented as a photograph. | Not in use at present |
| Ask NPHLA | Answers questions using only published NPHLA briefings, citing each one. | Being evaluated by NPHLA staff before any release. | Staff evaluation only |
What AI does not do
Much of NPHLA’s automation is deliberately not AI. These steps use fixed, explainable rules:
- monitoring sources and fetching official records;
- classifying records into desks, topics and jurisdictions, and scoring how much attention a topic is drawing;
- compiling the daily “What Changed Today” digests, which state what each official record says and link to it, with no interpretation added;
- checking cited links, flagging content that may be out of date, and verifying membership on the public verification page.
Membership applications are reviewed by NPHLA staff.
Where AI may assist
Within these rules, AI may assist with discovery, classification, summarisation, research organisation, formatting, graphics, transcription and captions. If NPHLA starts using AI for one of these in a new way, this page will say so.
What AI is never used for
- Inventing facts, statistics, survey results, datasets or outcomes.
- Writing quotes, or attributing words to a real person who did not say or approve them.
- Creating testimonials, reviews, endorsements or member comments.
- Generating the likeness, voice or footage of a real person, or synthetic footage presented as a real event.
- Inventing participants for events, podcasts, roundtables or research.
- Presenting AI-assisted work as written by a clinician or any named individual.
Human review
Every AI-assisted draft is reviewed and approved by an NPHLA editor before it is published.
Medical and regulatory claims stay linked to their sources, and published briefings are never rewritten silently. Editors can reject, redraft or archive any AI-assisted draft.
Labels you will see
- AI-assisted · Editor reviewed
- Drafted with AI assistance from the sources in the Source File, then reviewed and approved by an NPHLA editor before publication.
- AI-assisted
- Drafted with AI assistance from the sources in the Source File and published under NPHLA’s rules for low-risk briefings.
- Automated from official records
- Compiled automatically from primary official sources and peer-reviewed literature; each line summarises a public record and links to it.
- NPHLA editorial staff
- Written by the NPHLA editorial team from the sources in the Source File.
Imagery, audio and video
AI-generated imagery is illustrative only: abstract by design, approved by staff, and never presented as a photograph or as a depiction of a real person or event. NPHLA Signal and Roundtable episodes feature real, consenting participants only; AI may add motion graphics, captions and abstract visuals, but never words attributed to a real person.
Data handling
- When AI drafts a briefing, the model receives only public source material: titles, links, dates and short excerpts — full text only for public-domain government records.
- NPHLA does not send member records, membership applications, individual survey answers, member feedback or media-inquiry details to AI models.
- Questions asked of Ask NPHLA are sent to the model to answer them and are not stored.
See also our privacy notice and privacy choices.
Mistakes and feedback
AI systems can be wrong, and so can people. If you find an error in anything NPHLA publishes, please tell us — corrections are made openly and dated.