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Risks / R10 This newsroom's own agents are steered, leak or mislead / R10-3
R10-3: A status word stronger than its evidence
Because the agent that writes a claim also chooses its status word, a claim can read as confirmed on less than confirmation, resulting in readers and their models repeating it as fact.
Rating 12 high · Likelihood 4 Likely · Impact 3 Significant · Kind AI and agents · Acceptance not recorded
Basis. The fact-check desk found eleven overstated status words in run 1.
The path
Who carries it
One risk, assigned to every stakeholder that carries part of it, with the part each plays.
| Stakeholder | Part | Why | Its register |
|---|---|---|---|
| The newsroom's agents | source | The writing agents choose the word. | 4 risks |
| This site's readers | bearer | Rely on it. | 3 risks |
| The editor | owner | Calls what is confirmed. | 4 risks |
What it arises from
- A status word chosen by the agent that wrote the claim. The fact-check desk found eleven claims whose status word is stronger than their evidence.
The evidence
No claim on this site carries this risk: it rests on how this newsroom works, set out on the pages linked below.
Treatments
| Treatment | Status | Where |
|---|---|---|
| An independent fact-check desk grading every claim | in place | Fact-check: how sure can you be of each claim |
The standards that govern it
| Framework | Control | What it asks | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWASP Top 10s | LLM09:2025 | Misinformation | Practice and technique |
| EU AI Act | Art.50 | Transparency: content generated by AI is disclosed as such | Law and regulation |
The stories that tell it
- No story on this site tells this risk yet.
On this site: Fact-check: how sure can you be of each claim · The method: capture, hash, claim, build, gate