This page explains how The Boston Report uses AI tools, affiliate links and third-party media. See also our Editorial Standards & AI Use Policy and Disclaimer.
- AI assistance: Some content is drafted or translated with AI tools and reviewed by a human editor before publishing. AI-generated images are labeled “AI-generated illustration” and are never presented as photos of real events. Machine translations are labeled “machine-translated.”
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- Video music: Our YouTube videos use only royalty-free or licensed music; license records are kept for each video.
- Aggregated headlines: We link to original publishers with headline and a short original summary only; we do not republish full articles.
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