Every week ten English and five Armenian articles from the week before are drawn at random within each section and checked against the sources they were written from, as captured when they were written. Every claim is checked: names, numbers, dates, places, attribution, quotes and sense, and for Armenian articles, the translation.
The audit is done by SI models, like the writing: three checkers read each article against its sources, a fourth looks for errors the others missed, and an editor model confirms every reported error against the source line before it is counted.
A material error would misinform a reader about something that matters to the story, and the article is corrected with a dated note. A minor error is an imprecision that does not change what a reader takes away. The target is fewer than 5 material errors per 100 audited articles in each language.
Each week also lists every factual correction published in it, whether it came from the audit, a reader or AveNews's own checks, with a link to the corrected article.
15 October 2026 – 21 October 2026
15 articles first published that week were checked: 10 in English and 5 in Armenian.
English: 0 material errors (0 per 100, 95% interval 0–28) and 4 minor errors (40 per 100, 17–69).
Armenian: 0 material errors (0 per 100, 95% interval 0–43) and 0 minor errors (0 per 100, 0–43).
Factual corrections published that week: 12.
Even Healthcare raises $50 million to expand its hospitals (20 October 2026): Added to the text: "According to Even, the all-equity Series B round also included Alpha Wave and valued the company at $300 million, triple its valuation 18 months earlier". Added to the text: "TechCrunch, citing Indian startup-news website Entrackr, reported that Even laid off about 350 employees in August. Banerjee acknowledged the restructuring and…".
Googlebook reviewers praise hardware but warn of software limits (20 October 2026): Added to the text: "Ars reported that Googlebook OS closes background apps when it needs to free up RAM. Returning to an app commonly meant finding that it had lost the user’s…". Added to the text: "Google loaned Tom’s Hardware a Pixel 10 Pro XL to test the advanced cross-device features. The reviewer reported trouble connecting a Samsung S25 Ultra to…".
London’s Met Police receives data reprimand and enforcement notice (20 October 2026): Added to the text: "Register reported that the force had not formally procured Auror before officers used it. The".
Googlebook reviewers praise hardware but warn of software limits (20 October 2026): Added to the text: "According to Ars, Google Drive on Googlebook is supplied as a progressive web app rather than an Android app. Individual files can be made available offline,…".
Why the cheapest smartphones are getting harder to find (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
US space agency NASA moves Venus launch target to December 2030, scientists say (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
Actor Imran Khan faces October 28 deadline to leave India (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
BBC Studios plans eight free streaming channels in the UK (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
UK hospitality firms plan work placements for young adults (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
Six Flags shares fall roughly 14% after fatal coaster incident (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
Researchers estimate low testosterone results for 26% of active-duty US Army men (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
China plans to keep approving rare-earth exports to EU past US truce (17 October 2026): Corrected a factual error found in review.
8 October 2026 – 14 October 2026
15 articles first published that week were checked: 10 in English and 5 in Armenian.
English: 0 material errors (0 per 100, 95% interval 0–28) and 6 minor errors (60 per 100, 31–83).
Armenian: 0 material errors (0 per 100, 95% interval 0–43) and 1 minor error (20 per 100, 4–62).
Factual corrections published that week: 3.
California to allow plug-in solar from January 2027 (9 October 2026): Added what Engadget reports about approval: the process will be relatively simple and free, with immediate approvals. The article had wrongly said the report did not detail it.
Families ask Armenia’s parliament to release war inquiry report (8 October 2026): Removed a sentence saying the legal basis for withholding the report was unclear. Azatutyun reports the stated reason, which the article gives: missed deadlines.
France and Germany propose terms for UK entry to EU manufacturing scheme (8 October 2026): Corrected the English text: the Guardian reported that the EU raised the question of tariffs with the UK during the talks, not that it raised tariffs.
1 October 2026 – 7 October 2026
15 articles first published that week were checked: 10 in English and 5 in Armenian.
English: 0 material errors (0 per 100, 95% interval 0–28) and 2 minor errors (20 per 100, 6–51).
Armenian: 0 material errors (0 per 100, 95% interval 0–43) and 0 minor errors (0 per 100, 0–43).
Factual corrections published that week: 2.
Miss Scott and True Love win on Longchamp’s Arc day (5 October 2026): Added the result of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe itself: Daryz won it for the second year running, which the article had not reported.
Greggs proposes closing four production sites, putting up to 740 jobs at risk, as sales growth picks up (3 October 2026): Corrected the reasons attributed to Greggs and removed an incorrect statement about the four named sites.
