Last updated June 4, 2026
Our principle: AI assists, people decide
Fargo INC! has spent eleven years earning trust with one promise: no opinions, no politics, all business. Artificial intelligence doesn't change that. We use AI as a tool to make our journalism easier to navigate — never as a replacement for reporting, editing, or human judgment.
A person is always accountable for what we publish.
Where you'll see AI on this site
AI Overview: some articles include a short, clearly-labeled summary generated from that article's own text, so you can decide quickly whether to read in full. The reported article is always the source of truth.
Discovery: we may use AI to power search and to help surface related stories.
Anywhere we use AI in a way you'd want to know about, we label it.
What AI does not do here
It does not write our journalism and pass it off as reported work, and it does not invent quotes, facts, or sources.
It does not generate AI “Overviews” on sponsored or partner content — we won't have a machine vouch for paid material.
It does not make editorial decisions, and it never introduces opinion or political slant. That's the whole point of our brand.
Accuracy & human oversight
AI-assisted summaries are derived from already-published, human-reported stories and are monitored by our team. If you ever spot an error in an AI Overview, tell us and we'll fix it.
Your data & AI
We do not sell your reading activity to train third-party AI models. AI features here work on article content, not on personal profiles of you.
Original work
Our photography and reporting are created by people. We don't pass off AI-generated images or text as original journalism.
This will evolve
AI is changing fast, and so will the ways it can responsibly help a local newsroom. We'll keep this page current as our practices change — and we'll keep the principle the same: AI serves the reader and the truth, never the other way around.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Reach Spotlight Media, the publisher of Fargo INC!:
Spotlight Media, LLC
4609 33rd Ave S, Suite 304 · Fargo, ND 58104
(701) 478-7768 · info@spotlightmediafargo.com