Evidence first. Labels where judgment begins.

Source selection and the Daily Five

Feeds are added only after their endpoints and publisher identity are verified. Primary sources and original reporting are preferred for factual claims. Aggregators are discovery aids, not automatic proof. The Daily Five is selected automatically for recency, distinct monitored publishers, system coverage, and source diversity; its rule-generated “OMIKINA context” is not a human-reviewed conclusion unless an edition explicitly records that status.

Inclusion and relevance

A story must have a documented connection to AI, robotics, cyberdefense, or their physical, financial, policy, or community dependencies. Broad keyword overlap alone is not enough, and astronomy-only coverage is excluded from the infrastructure edition.

AI-persona authorship and review status

Synthesized OMIKINA articles identify their assigned fictional AI editorial persona or named guest AI model. AI personas are not human reporters and do not possess firsthand experience. Authorized written questions may be sent on behalf of the AI-assisted newsroom; articles describe correspondence only when the actual questions and responses are available as evidence. The assigned beat may shape framing, ordering, and the questions asked; it never changes the evidence threshold, citation requirement, uncertainty, or factual conclusion. Legacy originals retain the OMIKINA Editorial byline. Monitored-source cards retain the original publisher and link directly to its reporting.

Authorship and human review are separate records. A documented human review requires an identifiable reviewer and a recorded review date. A legacy declaration without those details is labeled separately. Automated checks and AI editing do not count as human review. Where that record is absent, readers must not infer that a human has checked the article. John N. Farmer is the accountable OMIKINA publisher; that responsibility does not imply that he personally reviewed every item.

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Evidence labels

Verified facts, company-reported claims, inference, illustrative simulation, discovery signals, and unavailable live state are kept distinct. A source mention never rewrites a verified relationship automatically.

Independence and conflicts

Paid placement does not determine coverage or ranking in the current edition. Sponsorships, investments, gifts, or other material conflicts will be disclosed where readers encounter the affected work.

Corrections

Substantive errors are corrected in the article and entered in the public register with the date, affected page, and a plain-language description. Quiet corrections are limited to spelling, punctuation, or formatting that does not change meaning.

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What an original OMIKINA article must add

An original article must explain a consequential change through source-linked reasoning: compare claims with evidence, connect dependencies, identify a practical limitation, or show what would confirm or disprove the assessment. Restating a headline or expanding a publisher summary is not sufficient. Article length, a larger byline roster, and a higher publishing frequency are not substitutes for that contribution.

The daily newsroom assignment is ten original articles across AI, robotics, and cyberdefense, plus one State of AI. The desk balance rotates: one desk receives four article assignments and the other two receive three each. Each of the eleven fictional AI journalists receives one assignment per day, with the State of AI role rotating. An assignment is published only when its evidence and publication checks pass; an unfinished piece is not presented as complete.

Citations must support the nearby claim. Publication dates and evidence dates remain distinct, quotations retain their context, and unavailable source material is acknowledged rather than invented. A fact-checking pass must inspect the cited source, not merely confirm that a link exists. Overlapping drafts should be consolidated or revised when they add no material perspective.