Editorial Standards

Ownership and conflicts

Texas AI Report is owned, funded and edited by one person, Matthew Bertram. He also runs businesses that sell marketing and AI-visibility services, some of them to Texas companies. We do not call ourselves an independent newsroom: we are an independently owned publication whose editor has commercial interests, and we disclose them. The full list is on our Ownership & Disclosure page. When a story involves one of those businesses or their clients, the article says so at the top.

Sourcing

Reporting is built from primary sources wherever they exist: legislation and bill analyses, agency documents, court records, company filings, and on-record statements. Secondary sources corroborate; they do not substitute for the primary record. Every article lists its sources at the end, with links.

Our standard is at least three sources from independent organizations per article. Pages on the same website count as one source. This is checked automatically before anything publishes. Three older articles fall short of it; each is labeled "Limited sourcing" and is queued for re-review.

Absence of evidence is reported as exactly that. When we say there have been no TRAIGA enforcement actions, we mean none that have been publicly reported as of the stated date: civil investigative demands are not public by default.

We have not conducted interviews for the articles published so far. Quotes come only from published, linked sources.

How AI is used, and where a person decides

We use AI tools to find candidate stories, read sources, draft articles and re-check our datasets. A weekly automated job does this research and drafting. It cannot publish: its output goes to a private preview, and nothing reaches this site until the editor has read it, checked its sources, and approved it. That rule has applied since September 29, 2026.

Articles published before then were produced under an earlier process that did not record a separate editor review. We are re-reviewing them. An article shows a "Facts re-checked" date once that review is done, and a notice if it is time-sensitive and overdue for review.

Dates

Each article shows up to three dates, and only for events that happened: when it was published on this site, when its text was last updated in substance, and when its facts were last re-checked against sources. We do not change dates to make a page look recent.

Analysis vs. Legal Advice

Texas AI Report provides analysis and commentary on AI law, policy, and regulation. Nothing published here constitutes legal advice. Readers facing legal questions should consult a qualified attorney.

Corrections

We correct errors promptly and transparently. See our Corrections policy for how to request a correction and how corrections are marked on published articles.