Editorial standards
How merge.news is produced, sourced, and overseen — and how to reach us with a correction. We believe an AI-assisted publication should be open about its process.
Last updated: June 2026
What merge.news is — and how it is made
merge.news is an independent, AI-assisted news brief for the cloud, DevOps, and AI engineering community. We are transparent about how our content is produced: articles are drafted by large language models under a defined editorial process, then curated, categorised, and overseen by a human operator. Every post is grounded in a specific, recent article from an authoritative primary source, and every post links back to that original so you can read it yourself. We do not scrape or republish other publishers' articles — we write our own concise summary and a structured long read, and we point you to the source.
Our sourcing standards
We draft only from authoritative primary sources — official vendor engineering blogs and release notes (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, HashiCorp, GitHub), first-party announcements from AI labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind), and established, reputable industry outlets. Generation is grounded with live web search so drafts are tied to a real, verifiable article rather than invented. If a claim cannot be tied to a credible source, it does not ship. Every published post displays and links its primary source URL.
Human oversight
Automation drafts the copy; people own the standards. A human operator defines the topic taxonomy, sets the sourcing rules, monitors the feed, and can edit, re-categorise, or remove any post at any time. Posts that are off-topic, thin, duplicated, or wrongly categorised are pruned. New subtopics are added deliberately, not automatically. The goal is a curated daily brief a knowledgeable editor would stand behind — not an unfiltered firehose.
The original value we add
We are a curation and synthesis layer, not a mirror of the source. For each story we add: a concise, plain-language summary written for a technical reader; a longer long read that adds context and explains why it matters; placement within a three-tier Category → Subcategory → tagtaxonomy so related news is grouped the way engineers actually think; and search, filtering, and a personalised "follow" feed across the whole archive. The value is in triage and structure — turning a scattered industry firehose into a few minutes of signal.
Accuracy & corrections
AI-generated summaries can contain errors or miss nuance, which is exactly why every post links its primary source — the original is always one tap away so you can verify. If you spot something inaccurate, outdated, or miscategorised, tell us via the Contact page and we will correct or remove it. Corrections are a first-class part of the process, not an afterthought.
Editorial independence from advertising
Advertising never influences which stories we cover or how we describe them. Ads are shown only to free-tier readers, are clearly labelled, and are kept separate from editorial content; Pro and Max readers see no ads at all. No advertiser can pay to place, promote, or suppress a story on merge.news.
Who is behind merge.news
merge.news is an independent publication operated by the merge.news team. You can reach us any time at hello@merge.news or through the Contact page — we read every message. For how the product works day to day, see the Guide and About pages.
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