Editorial policy
Sourcing, fact-checking and anti-hallucination
IgnitionAI advises its clients on governing their AI systems. That responsibility demands equivalent discipline in our own editorial output. The policy below applies to all content published under our name: articles, white papers, site pages, commercial proposals.
This policy was established on 23 May 2026 following an internal audit that revealed unsourced claims in an article published on this site. The article in question was removed, rewritten according to the rules formalised here, then republished. Transparency about this incident is part of the policy itself.
This page contains the full set of rules we apply to every publication signed IgnitionAI: blog articles, white papers, product pages, commercial proposals, LinkedIn posts. It is organised around four axes: what must be sourced without exception, what must be tagged as an expert estimate, what we never write, and the public correction procedure that applies if an error is identified after publication.
Every article, every service page and every client deliverable must pass this grid before publication. A single unchecked box triggers a rewrite. This internal discipline mirrors what we ask of our clients in their own AI governance setup.
What is sourced without exception
Four categories that require a primary source
Regulatory claims
Every citation of a regulation, directive, administrative decision, technical standard or judgment includes the full name of the text, the article or paragraph number, and a link to the official source (EUR-Lex for EU law, Légifrance for French law, JORF, official sector compilations).
Figures from studies
Every statistic cites the primary source with the year of publication, a one-line methodology (sample, sector, geography) and a link to the source. No secondary citation of an article that itself cites the statistic.
Technical claims about third-party frameworks
Every claim about the behaviour of a third-party framework, library or service points either to its official documentation, a public benchmark, or an internal test with a stated date and version.
Quotes and paraphrases
Every quote in quotation marks or paraphrase of an author is attributed, with a link where possible.
IgnitionAI estimates
What we tag explicitly
Some claims come from our hands-on experience without a public source to validate them. They remain legitimate but must be visible as such. The IgnitionAI estimate tag accompanies the sentence concerned and states its basis (number of engagements, period, sectors).
- Duration estimates for engagements or project phases
- Cost or budget ranges
- Incidence percentages of a problem observed on engagements
- Methodological recommendations drawn from our practice
What we never write
Five practices banned without exception
- Made-up statistics (no percentage without a source)
- Quotes attributed without verifying the original source
- Regulatory dates or amounts not verified against the official text
- Projections about a regulator's future behaviour, except an official announcement
- Factual claims about competitors without a primary source
Correction policy
Three levels of response to an identified error
Minor error
Typographic rewording, clarifying a detail, updating a source.
Action: Direct correction with a discreet note at the foot of the article stating the date and subject of the update.
Substantial error
A wrong date, amount, attribution, quote or regulatory claim.
Action: Correction in the body text, a visible box at the top of the article noting the change, a public communication on the channels where the article was shared, a permanent note at the foot of the article.
Structural error
Several factual errors, or one error that invalidates the article's thesis.
Action: Immediate removal of the article, a public note on distribution channels, a complete rewrite with a sourcing audit before republication.
Report
Report an error in published content
If you identify an incorrect factual claim, an outdated source or a recent regulatory change not taken into account, tell us the article or page concerned and the nature of the error. We review every report within 5 business days and apply the correction procedure matched to the level of the identified error.