TPO’s AI Policy

You’re probably wondering, “Is what I’m reading AI?”

Short answer: not even a little. Want the long(er) answer? Keep reading.

How does The Pour Over use AI tools like ChatGPT?

Mostly, we don’t. You trust us (we hope), and we’re not outsourcing Christ-first news.

Our content team views writing as an act of love and worship. Love, because we aim to serve you by summarizing the top headlines with clarity, brevity, levity, and dignity; and worship, because we glorify our Creator by reflecting him in our creative endeavors. A chatbot can’t love or worship… so our writers count robots out for ideating, organizing, wordsmithing, and revising TPO’s content.

Bots aren’t so good with love and worship, but they’re great with data. So our business team uses AI for all kinds of analysis and processes to help get Christ-first news to more news-weary Christians.

Keep an eye out for the human fingerprint of The Pour Over: down-to-earth news context, silly puns, Millennial nostalgia, excessive responsible use of strikethroughs, and simple gospel reminders. If we ever stop making obscure references to The Office, you’ll know robots have taken over.