Publishing Integrity

How we create content

Our blog features two types of content, clearly distinguished by their author attribution.

Reports and client work

This page began with the blog. The same rule covers the rest of what we publish and deliver.

• The published reports open with a box that says which parts a model played or drafted, and what Dr Dan Epstein decided. Dan signs every report before it goes out.
• Client exercises and Decision War Rooms run on Anthropic's Claude by default, or on a local model if the client asks. Dan referees and signs every client finding. Where client material goes.
• For any finding where a model reads the evidence, we publish the adjudication statement, a one-page standard: who ruled, in what order they read the evidence, how much rests on judgement, and who checked.

Our editorial process

Every piece we publish, regardless of how it originates, goes through the same pipeline:

1. Editorial review for argument quality, factual accuracy, and audience fit
2. Language and grammar check to make sure it reads clearly and consistently
3. Editing pass to make sure the prose meets our standards
4. Final editorial approval by the human

Our position on AI and content

AI helps with drafting and research. It does not replace editorial judgement.

We badge AI-assisted content because transparency builds trust.

We publish rarely, and heavily. AI lets the occasional piece outside the flagship reports still meet our standards - it helps us cover topics we would not otherwise have the time to, with quality held by rigorous human review.