You don't need a legal document. You need a clear set of rules your team can actually follow so your voice, your standards, and your guest relationships stay intact.
"The goal isn't to restrict AI. It's to make sure AI works for your show — not the other way around. A good policy takes you about two hours to write and saves you months of quiet brand damage."
Before you can set rules, you need to know what's actually happening. Most hosts are surprised to find AI already embedded in more places than they realized. Start by asking your team directly and without judgment.
This is the most important step and the one most hosts skip. Your team cannot protect your voice if they don't know what it is. Write it down plainly, not as a style guide, but as clear rules anyone can apply without having to guess.
My show sounds like: [Your 2-3 sentence description. Example: direct but warm, never corporate, always curious. I ask follow-up questions most hosts skip because they're too polite.]
I would never say: [List 4-5 phrases. Example: "game-changer," "dive deep," "at the end of the day," "circle back."]
A quote is only usable if: [Your standard. Example: it matches the transcript word for word, or I have personally approved a light edit.]
Not every task needs the same level of oversight. A traffic light system lets your team move fast on low-risk work while keeping the right things in front of you for review.
This is your safety net. No matter what category a task falls into, anything that goes public under your name or your guest's name needs a human to sign off. The review doesn't have to be long. It just has to happen.
Your policy doesn't need to be long. A single page is enough. What matters is that it exists, your team has seen it, and you treat it as a living document rather than a one-time exercise.
Section 1 — What AI can do without review: [Your green list]
Section 2 — What AI can assist with, human reviews before use: [Your yellow list]
Section 3 — What AI must never do: [Your red list]
Section 4 — Our voice standard: [Your three-sentence description, your banned phrases, your quote standard]
Last reviewed: [Date] — Next review: [Date]
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