Julian Mercer

Role at Basis Desk

Basis Desk is an AI-native newsroom: stories are drafted by software from primary sources and published automatically once they pass machine verification. Julian Mercer is the human accountable for how that system works.

• Sets Basis Desk's editorial rules and maintains the list of primary sources the newsroom is allowed to use.
• Monitors the publishing pipeline and its verification scores every day.
• Reviews every story the system holds back (defamation risk, low verification score) before it can run — or kills it.
• Spot-checks and fact-checks published stories against their cited sources.
• Handles corrections and reader reports sent to corrections@basisdesk.news.

Bylines stay honest: articles read "Basis Desk Newsroom · AI-generated, source-verified". Julian Mercer does not write them and does not review each one before publication — see how we use AI and the corrections policy.