The short answer
Readers get a comparison grid for commercial terms, reference-image handling, text rendering, revisions, export quality, and human approval.
The decision standard is simple: preserve the source, state the limits, and make the next human check obvious. A useful article should reduce uncertainty without pretending that every unknown has been resolved.
What to examine
Image quality is only one part of a production decision. Teams also need to understand usage rights, identity safeguards, provenance signals, editing controls, storage, and accessibility.
Start with scope. Identify the product, account, audience, jurisdiction, data, and decision involved. Then separate what was directly observed from what a vendor, researcher, regulator, or commentator says. Record dates because AI products, access rules, and prices change quickly.
Do not upload a person’s likeness, client artwork, or confidential design without authority. A generated image can still create trademark, publicity, or copyright risk.
A practical way to do it
- Use a non-sensitive creative brief and record every source asset.
- Test text accuracy, editability, crop safety, and alt-text needs.
- Keep a human approval and rights-review record before commercial use.
Keep the worksheet or test record with the draft. If another editor cannot reproduce the check from the saved evidence, the article is not ready.
Editorial guardrail
Do not fill a missing fact with a plausible sentence. Mark it as unknown, find a stronger source, narrow the claim, or remove it. Commentary belongs in a clearly labeled paragraph after the reported facts, not inside them.
Primary-source reading list
These are starting points, not automatic support for every sentence. The publishing editor must open each cited page and confirm the claim it supports on the day of review.
Bottom line
Readers get a comparison grid for commercial terms, reference-image handling, text rendering, revisions, export quality, and human approval.