Building CoverWire

CoverWire is developed in public. This page records significant changes to how it works.

2 November 2026: CoverWire becomes openly AI-created

CoverWire began as a way for its founder, David Tucker, to follow insurance news using AI. Until now the site was presented in the style of a conventional newsroom, with references to desks and a staff by-line. That did not reflect how CoverWire is made: AI systems select, research, write, check and publish its stories, and there are no reporters or editors on staff.

From today the site says so plainly. The changes made today:

• Every article carries a "Created using AI" label linking to How CoverWire works, a new page describing each step and where a person is involved.
• Articles are credited to CoverWire rather than to an individual, and references to news desks have been removed.
• The About, editorial standards, corrections and contact pages have been rewritten to describe only what CoverWire actually does.
• AI-generated illustrations on 32 articles have been replaced with credited photographs, and AI-generated images are no longer used.
• The newsletter now states that it is created using AI.

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