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Monday, November 9, 2026World · Politics · Business · Tech · Science · Sports · CultureUpdated Nov 9, 12:25 UTC
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How we work

Last updated: November 9, 2026

The Open Wire is a small, independent, community-run project — not a news agency with its own correspondents. To cover world news around the clock, we use an automated newsdesk and are open about how it works.

1. Where the news comes from

Several times a day (about every three hours) our system reads the public RSS news feeds of established outlets and public bodies. It only reads the headline, link and short teaser that each outlet publishes in its feed. We do not copy or republish full articles.

  • World: BBC News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, France 24, DW
  • Politics: BBC News, NPR, The Guardian
  • Business: BBC News, CNBC, The Guardian
  • Tech: BBC News, Ars Technica, The Guardian
  • Science: BBC News, ScienceDaily, NASA
  • Sports: BBC Sport, The Guardian, ESPN
  • Culture: BBC News, The Guardian, NPR
  • CartelWatching: Mexico News Daily, Borderland Beat, The Guardian, BBC News, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Report, Europol, InSight Crime, and outlets found via Bing News search

2. How a brief is written

Reports from different outlets about the same event are grouped together. An AI language model (Mistral Small 3.1, run on Cloudflare Workers AI) then writes a short, original brief: a headline, a 2–4 sentence summary and a “Why it matters” line. The model is instructed to use only facts stated in the source material, to attribute claims to the outlet that reported them (“according to BBC News”), to keep allegations as allegations, and to avoid speculation. Every brief is automatically checked for copied wording; briefs that reuse too much of a source are rewritten or discarded.

3. Sources are always linked

Every brief is marked “AI-assisted summary” and lists its sources with links to the original articles. The original reporting is authoritative — please read it for the full story. Some links are found through news search (Bing News); they lead to the original publisher.

4. Limits and corrections

AI summaries can contain mistakes, and we do not have reporters on the ground. If you find an error, please write to theopenwiresupport@protonmail.com and we will correct or remove the brief. The CartelWatching section is discussed with the community on r/CartelWatching.

5. Independence

The Open Wire is not affiliated with any of the outlets it links to. It is ad-free and supported by readers on Ko-fi.