How Quandes uses AI
AI accelerates our work — research, structure, first drafts. What it does not replace: editorial judgment, fact-checking, and sign-off. This page explains the process openly.
AI as a tool, not a replacement
Every article at Quandes is the result of AI support and human judgment working together. AI handles the steps where speed and structure matter. Humans handle the steps where responsibility matters.
This is not a distraction from our core promise — it is the condition under which quality and speed do not have to be a trade-off. This page describes exactly what we do, which models we use, and how we address the requirements of the EU AI Act.
How every article is created
Five steps in a fixed sequence. AI handles steps 1 and 2 — no step proceeds without human review.
Research
AI-assisted with Claude Sonnet 4.6 — checking sources, reviewing evidence, developing structural proposals.
Draft
AI-generated with Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Fable 5, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 — first drafts, structure, and wording.
Review & sign-off
Content review, fact-checking, and sign-off by Dr. Matthias Klinger. No article goes live without this step.
Image production
Images are generated with Flux 1.1 Pro (Black Forest Labs) and selected editorially.
Publication
After editorial sign-off — never fully automated. The author bears responsibility for the published article.
AI tools in use
Models may change. The AI transparency block at the end of each article shows the models used at the time of writing.
Claude — Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Fable 5, and Claude Sonnet 4.6 for drafts, structural suggestions, and wording.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 — Anthropic
Source review, research summaries, and structured information processing.
Flux 1.1 Pro — Black Forest Labs
Image production for hero and inline images, editorially selected and approved.
In-house production
Animations are produced in-house without AI involvement — no AI model is used.
EU AI Act — what this means for you as a reader
The EU AI Act (Art. 50) requires from August 2026 that substantially AI-generated content be made recognisable to recipients. We already apply this today — not as a reaction to regulation, but because transparency about how content is produced is part of our quality commitment.
What this means in practice:
- Every AI-assisted article includes a transparency block at the end, showing the model used, its role, and the responsible person.
- No article is published fully automatically — every article goes through content review and sign-off.
- AI search bots (OAI-SearchBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot) have access so our content can be cited in AI answer systems. Training bots (GPTBot, ClaudeBot) are blocked.
Questions about AI use at Quandes?
If you have questions about our practices, the content production process, or how we implement the EU AI Act, get in touch.
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