Editorial Policy
AI Watch reports on AI models and the tools built on them: assistants, coding agents, desktop apps and the way they work on Windows. We write about what changes between versions and what that means for the people who use them. Most of our stories start from our own testing, not from rumours or other sites' reporting.
Our test lab
We run a test lab: dedicated computers and accounts on free and paid plans of the services we cover. We install new releases as they come out, track what changes from one version to the next, and repeat what we write about before we publish it. The tools we use in the lab change as the products change; the rule does not: if we say something works, appears or disappears, we have seen it ourselves or we say where it comes from.
Where our information comes from
- Our own testing in the lab described above. This is the source we trust most.
- Official sources: the vendor's documentation, release notes, pricing pages and announcements. We link to them, and we check prices, dates and availability on the day of publication.
- Other people's reports on social media, forums and news sites. They can point us to a story, but we publish a claim only after we have confirmed it, or we label it clearly as unconfirmed and link to the original.
What we don't publish
- Credentials, private addresses, personal data or other information that is not meant to be public.
- Instructions for getting around usage limits, plan restrictions or terms of service.
- Guesses presented as facts. A feature or model name that shows up before launch is not a launch, and we say so. Anything we infer is marked as our assumption.
How we use AI
We use AI tools in our work, including for analysing test data and drafting and editing text. No article is published from an AI draft alone: every claim, figure and screenshot is checked against our own data or the original source before publication. Screenshots show real output from real software; we don't generate or alter them.
Updates and corrections
- AI products change quickly. When something we reported changes, we add a dated Update note at the top of the article and keep the original text, so readers can see what was true when.
- If we get something wrong, we correct it and say what we changed and when.
- To report an error, write to [email protected].
Accountability
Every article names the person responsible for it. Articles are edited and fact-checked by our editor, Lesia Kapliuk. More about the people behind the site: Our authors.
Independence and advertising
The site is supported by ads served by Google AdSense. Advertisers and the companies we write about have no say in what we publish, and we don't accept paid articles.