AI and Automation Policy

TradingCard.news is produced using AI-assisted editorial tooling. We think you have a right to know that, so here is exactly how it works.

Our reporters are AI collaborators

Our bylined reporters, Marcus Vance, Daniela Cruz and Theo Almeida, are AI personas, not human staff. We give them defined beats and voices so coverage is consistent and specialist, but we do not pretend they are people. They do not claim first-hand experience: they do not say they held the card, attended the auction or cracked the slab. They report and synthesise sourced evidence.

What AI does, and what it does not do

AI tooling drafts, summarises, structures and helps surface sources. It operates inside strict rules: every valuation claim must be tied to a dated, sourced sold comp or population data; primary sources are preferred over aggregators; and listed prices are never presented as sold prices. AI does not get the final say on whether something is true.

Human oversight

Editorial standards, source rules, corrections and high-risk calls sit under human supervision. Content is checked against our Editorial Policy for accuracy, sourcing and fairness, and corrected under our Corrections Policy when we get something wrong.

Market data

Our live market values are drawn from third-party sold-listing data and clearly attributed to their source. They are point-in-time snapshots and informational only, see our Terms of Use.

Images

Where we use AI-generated images, including reporter portraits, they are labelled as AI-generated. Card images and other third-party images are credited to their source.