How Spotted news is made

Spotted news comes from data we own or from official sources, never from rewriting other sites' stories.

Where each story comes from

• New photographer on Spotted: when a photographer joins the directory, using their public details (name, breaks, website and Instagram).
• Swell alert: when the marine forecast shows a bigger than usual swell at a break with a listed photographer. The forecast comes from Open-Meteo, licensed CC BY 4.0.

How the text is written

The text is drafted by AI (Claude, by Anthropic) from those facts only. A second automated check compares every claim with the facts and rejects the draft if anything is unsupported. After that, no story goes live without a person approving it.

Sources and corrections

Every story shows its source with a link. If you spot a mistake, write to oi@spotted.surf and the story will be corrected or withdrawn.

Bruno, founder of Spotted