LEGAL
AI Policy
Our position
LocalMoCo is a community publication. The trust we earn depends on readers knowing where our content comes from and how we produce it. This page describes how we use AI tools and where we draw the line.
What we use AI for
We use AI writing assistants as editorial aids — for drafting, for copy-editing passes, and for generating first-draft structure on routine content types (business listing summaries, event descriptions). All content produced with AI assistance is reviewed, edited, and signed off by a human editor before publication.
We do not publish AI-generated text without human review. We do not use AI to fabricate quotes, invent sources, or produce synthetic interviews.
What we do not do
- We do not use AI to impersonate real people.
- We do not use AI to generate photographs or present synthetic images as documentary photographs.
- We do not use AI to produce content in a way designed to obscure its artificial origin.
How we label AI-assisted content
When a significant portion of an article’s first draft was generated by an AI tool, we add an editorial note at the bottom of that article: “This article was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by [editor name].”
For routine listings and short summaries, we do not add per-item labels — the use of AI drafting assistance on short-form commerce content is disclosed here at the policy level.
Training data
LocalMoCo does not license our editorial content to AI training datasets. We request that AI crawlers honor the disallow directives in our robots.txt.
Feedback
If you believe something on the site reads like unreviewed AI output, or if you have questions about how a specific piece was produced, use the contact page.
Last updated: May 2026.