Authority Book Program AI Policy
Effective date: July 27, 2026
This policy explains how artificial intelligence may and may not be used inside The Authority Book Program. It applies to Dibbly Inc., operating as The Urban Writers ("TUW"), the Project Manager, and every specialist assigned to the project.
This policy supplements the Authority Book Program Terms, our general Acceptable Uses of AI Policy, and our Privacy Policy. If this policy conflicts with the general Acceptable Uses of AI Policy for an Authority Book Program project, this policy controls.
1. The default
The default Authority Book Program does not permit AI-generated manuscript writing or AI-generated visual work.
AI may support research as described below. Approved TUW internal tools may also suggest grammar, spelling, and clarity changes. A human decides whether any suggestion enters the manuscript.
Silence is not permission. A general agreement signature is not permission. Permission for research is not permission for manuscript writing. Permission for manuscript writing is not permission for visual work.
2. Research support
AI may help the team organize research questions, search non-confidential sources, compare public information, and prepare research notes. The assigned people remain responsible for checking the relevance and reliability of the sources and facts used in the project.
Research support does not authorize an AI tool to write manuscript sections. Research notes and source suggestions must still be reviewed by the team before they are used.
3. Editing assistance without AI-writing permission
When you have not permitted AI-generated manuscript writing, approved TUW internal tools may process manuscript text only to suggest:
- grammar corrections;
- spelling corrections; and
- clarity improvements that do not create new substantive prose.
Under this permission state, an AI tool may not generate new sections, add arguments or examples, expand the manuscript, replace the writer's work, or automatically insert prose. A human reviews every suggestion and decides what enters the manuscript.
4. AI-generated manuscript writing requires written permission
AI-generated manuscript writing may be used only when you give explicit written permission for that use. The permission must identify the allowed use and be recorded against your project before the work begins.
Permission may be recorded in the signed agreement, in an explicit written message to your Project Manager, or through a dedicated TUW platform choice. A broad statement such as "AI is fine" does not authorize uses that were not explained and recorded.
Written permission does not remove the program's human responsibilities. The manuscript still passes through the writer, editor, quality assurance provider, quality control provider, proofreader, and Project Manager process required by the program.
5. AI-generated visual work requires separate written permission
AI-generated cover concepts, illustrations, and other visual assets require explicit written permission separate from manuscript-writing permission. The written record must identify the allowed visual use before that work begins.
Permission for AI-generated writing does not authorize AI-generated visual work, and permission for visual work does not authorize AI-generated writing.
6. Confidential and customer-supplied material
Confidential interviews, source files, manuscript text, personal stories, private business information, and other confidential customer material may be processed only through TUW-approved internal tools. The team may not paste or upload that material directly into external or consumer AI tools.
Any permission under this policy applies only to the project-production use that was explained and recorded. It does not grant publicity rights or change how personal information is handled under the Privacy Policy.
7. Human review and source checking
AI output can be incomplete, inaccurate, or unsupported. Every specialist remains responsible for the work assigned to them. Research claims, citations, quotations, names, dates, and other factual statements must be checked before they enter the manuscript.
Human review reduces risk but does not make AI output infallible. TUW does not promise that an automated tool can determine with certainty whether content was generated by AI.
8. Originality reports and AI detection
The program's originality report checks originality and plagiarism status. It is not an AI detector and does not prove whether a person or a machine wrote the text.
Third-party AI detectors may produce false positives and false negatives. A third-party detector result alone does not establish a policy violation. If you report suspected unauthorized AI use, TUW will review the project records, production history, and available evidence.
9. Unauthorized AI writing
If AI-generated writing enters your manuscript without the required written permission, TUW will remove and rewrite the affected material at its own cost. That correction does not use one of your four manuscript revision rounds.
TUW may also remove or replace a specialist who violates this policy and take any other action allowed under the specialist agreement or platform rules.
10. Copyright and third-party rights
Copyright treatment for AI-assisted or AI-generated material depends on the law and the human contribution to the work. Permission to use AI does not guarantee that an AI-generated element will qualify for copyright protection or registration.
The team must not knowingly use AI output that infringes another person's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights. TUW does not provide legal advice or guarantee a decision by a copyright office, court, publisher, or platform.
11. Changing or withdrawing permission
You may withdraw or narrow an AI permission during or after onboarding by sending a written instruction to your Project Manager. The Project Manager records the change and confirms the permission state for future work.
The change applies only to work performed after the written instruction is received and recorded. It does not retroactively alter completed work. If the change affects the planned production method or schedule, your Project Manager will explain the effect before the affected future work continues.
12. Permission records
TUW records manuscript-writing permission and visual-work permission separately. Each record identifies the permission state, allowed use, person who made the choice, date and time, policy version, and supporting written evidence.
No permission is inferred from silence, inactivity, a general signature, or another permission category.
13. Policy changes and questions
TUW may update this policy for future enrollments. A change does not expand an existing customer's recorded AI permission. If a change would affect an active project, TUW will provide the updated policy and obtain any new permission required before the affected use begins.
Questions about this policy may be sent to support@dibbly.com. Active customers should use the designated project channel so the question and response are recorded with the project.