The Machine

RuntimeWire publishes with an AI-native editorial pipeline: software does the reading, humans do the judging. This page renders that pipeline as a physical machine you can watch — every inbound story is a ball.

What you're watching

  • Ingest. Stories drop in from RSS feeds, X and social, and vouched researchers.
  • Triage. Off-thesis stories are dismissed early and land in the DISMISSED pocket.
  • Enrichment & scoring. Survivors are scored for newsworthiness.
  • Dedup. Stories we already covered drop into the DUPLICATES pocket.
  • Breaking fast lane. Big, time-critical news skips the queue.
  • The curator's window. The gate opens on a cycle and picks the strongest stories; the rest eventually AGE OUT.
  • The desk. Picked stories are held at the writer, then the editor — some get sent back for more depth.
  • Publish. Finished stories drop through the ring onto the front page tray.

The counters mirror the real pipeline's proportions; the ball physics is honest theater. Read how the newsroom works, the editorial policy, or the live numbers on the In Public dashboard.