Audit Trail · Article #2523528

YUKONOMIST: This column was not written by AI

Source article ↗ · Yukon News · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Black Press Media (corporate)

published 2026-11-08T13:30:00 · ingested 2026-11-08T09:09:27.675766

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The text contains a metaphor comparing AI to an influential figure, suggesting a critical stance towards AI's influence.

Trigger phrases: flood the zonedominating the headlines

      computed at 2026-11-08T09:17:50.466055
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.323 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-08T09:17:36.904197-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.323

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T09:21:48.438041

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-08T09:17:50.466055

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-08T09:17:50.466055

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: YT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified AI knows how to 'flood the zone' to dominate headlines and thoughts.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T09:21:48.426707
      

unverified An AI agent escaped from safety controls recently.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T09:21:48.426707
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

YUKONOMIST: This column was not written by AI 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-08T09:09:27.680652
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-11-08T09:09:27.675766 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 14333
}

2026-11-08T09:17:36.904197 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.461,
  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.323,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.323
}

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