We object. On principle.

How the paper is made

Twice a day – once for London and once for New York – our editors read the headlines from fourteen British, American and international news outlets. They look for the events that most newsrooms are reporting at the same time – the biggest stories of the day – and choose the ones that deserve an objection.

The editors are AI. The articles are written by Claude, a language model from Anthropic, with instructions on The Object Daily's tone and rules. Each article is then reviewed by a separate, stricter instance of the same model before it is published. The real story is summarised factually and linked at the end of every article, so that you can always see what actually happened.

We read only headlines and short standfirsts. We never copy anyone else's journalism – we link to it and disagree with it.

Editorial standards

Satire should punch up. So The Object Daily has a few rules that, unusually, we actually agree with:

1. We never mock victims. When a story is about death, crime, accidents or suffering, we leave it alone – or aim the satire solely at the reactions of those in power, the authorities and the media.
2. We put no invented words in real people's mouths. What is invented in The Object Daily is our own opinions, not anyone else's.
3. We do not joke about ethnicity, religion, sex, sexuality, disability or appearance.
4. We do not name private individuals. Our objections are aimed at power, institutions and ideas.
5. We are not partisan. We disagree with everyone. It is the nearest thing to a political line we have.
6. Everything is labelled. Every article states clearly that it is satire and written by AI.

AI and transparency

All editorial content in The Object Daily is generated by artificial intelligence. Every article says so. The opinions are fictional, deliberately contrary and should not be read as fact. If something has gone wrong – or if you think we have crossed a line – we would like to hear about it, even if on principle we will disagree.