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title: How does GIDEON handle paywalled articles in the Events tab?
description: Learn how GIDEON handles paywalled articles in the Events tab, how our AI ensures summary accuracy without guessing, and why we prioritize open-access sources.
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May 28, 2026

# How does GIDEON handle paywalled articles in the Events tab?

## Quick answer: GIDEON prioritizes open-access sources. While our AI can technically generate summaries based on the visible preview of a paywalled article, these links are generally filtered out during our human review process. This ensures that users can access the full story from a free alternative.

This article is about the free AI-powered epidemiological events service that can be found here: [https://app.gideononline.com/updates/events](https://app.gideononline.com/updates/events)

### ![Events tab](https://help.gideononline.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Events%20tab.png?width=670&height=309&name=Events%20tab.png)

### How the AI Summarizes Paywalled Content

If a paywalled article is encountered, GIDEON AI follows strict logic to maintain data integrity:

- **Visible previews only:** The AI only summarizes the partial preview or abstract that is publicly visible to the system. It never guesses or "hallucinates" hidden content.
- **Information safeguard:** If the available preview text is too short to provide meaningful context, the system automatically triggers a safeguard, and **no summary is generated**.

### Quality Control and Human Review

While the AI is capable of evaluating partial previews, our team prioritizes data accessibility during the final curation phase:

> **Core Curation Policy:** When encountering paywalled articles during review, we generally do not approve them. Because major outbreak events are covered by multiple media outlets, our team actively selects high-quality alternative sources that are completely free and open-access.

As a result of this human-in-the-loop validation, the vast majority of articles featured in the Events tab are entirely free to read.

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