At Odissey Travel Magazine, we believe that technological innovation and editorial responsibility should evolve together.

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly part of the way information is searched, compared, organised, translated, edited, visualised and distributed. We use these technologies where they can improve the breadth, accessibility and efficiency of our work, while preserving a fundamental principle: editorial responsibility remains human.

Our journalists, contributors and editors determine what deserves attention, establish the perspective of a story, evaluate the information collected and decide what is ultimately published. Artificial Intelligence may support these activities, sometimes substantially, but it does not replace journalistic judgement, assume editorial responsibility or independently determine what Odissey publishes.

This policy describes our approach to editorial research, Artificial Intelligence, visual materials, privacy, attribution, corrections and transparency. It should be read together with the separate privacy, cookie and other legal notices governing the technical operation of our website and the processing of information relating to readers, subscribers and users.

Research, Sources and News Retrieval

Odissey’s journalism is based on information gathered from different channels, which may include news agencies, official institutions, tourism boards, companies, industry organisations, academic and scientific publications, specialist media, press offices, interviews, original reporting, public documentation and other relevant sources.

Artificial Intelligence has become one of the instruments through which our editorial team navigates this increasingly extensive information environment.

Alongside traditional search engines and direct research, we may use AI-oriented search technologies, news retrieval systems, monitoring services, keyword alerts and other tools capable of identifying reports, statements, articles, statistics, studies, official documentation and developments connected with subjects we are investigating.

These technologies can help us locate information that might otherwise be difficult to discover, compare different accounts of the same event, identify inconsistencies, reconstruct context or lead us towards an original document or authoritative source.

They may also assist preliminary cross-verification by showing where information from several channels appears to converge, where it conflicts and where additional investigation may be required.

One distinction is fundamental to our editorial approach:

Artificial Intelligence is a research and retrieval tool; it is not, by itself, a journalistic source.

An answer provided by ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity or another generative or AI-oriented search system is not considered evidence that a fact is correct merely because the system has produced it.

If an AI system helps us identify an institutional report, the institution and the report remain the source. If it discovers a press release, the organisation issuing that release remains the source. If it directs us towards scientific research, official statistics or an original document, it is that underlying material that our editorial team evaluates.

For information material to an article, we seek, whenever reasonably possible, confirmation through the original or primary source, official channels or multiple credible and independent sources.

We are also aware that publishers, websites, institutions and other external information providers may themselves use Artificial Intelligence without necessarily describing their production processes. Odissey cannot therefore always determine how every third-party item encountered during research was originally produced. Our responsibility is to assess its relevance and credibility and, where necessary, trace important facts to the strongest accessible source.

Human Authorship and AI-Assisted Editorial Work

Odissey Travel Magazine does not operate an autonomous AI newsroom.

Articles are conceived, structured and developed by human authors and editors. They determine what should be investigated, what information is relevant, how different sources relate to each other and how a story should ultimately be presented.

Artificial Intelligence may nevertheless assist at different stages of this process.

During research, it may help identify background material, establish connections, organise information, compare sources or indicate areas that require additional investigation.

During writing and editing, AI may assist with language, clarity, grammar, structure, coherence, alternative formulations, headlines, summaries, metadata and the development or expansion of passages based on information researched and evaluated within the editorial process.

The use of such assistance does not transfer authorship or responsibility to the Artificial Intelligence system.

AI output may be questioned, rewritten, corrected, expanded, discarded or independently verified. It is treated as material requiring human judgement rather than as automatically authoritative content.

Odissey does not use autonomous AI agents to independently research, write, approve and publish complete journalistic articles without meaningful human editorial involvement.

Every article remains under human editorial control, including substantive assessment of its context, information, reliability, sources and suitability for publication.

Transparency When AI Contributes to Published Content

Odissey distinguishes between the use of AI as a research tool and its contribution to the production or modification of material actually published.

When Artificial Intelligence is used only to assist the discovery of information or sources, the source of the resulting information remains the underlying document, institution, author or publication rather than the AI system.

When AI instead contributes to the production or modification of text, photographs, illustrations, audio, video or other editorial material, Odissey adopts a transparency standard intended to make that contribution understandable to readers.

Where relevant to the published work, the use of Artificial Intelligence is therefore identified through an appropriate notice, credit, caption or other editorial indication specifying the nature of its contribution.

Such descriptions may include, depending on the circumstances, indications such as AI-assisted editing, AI-assisted translation, AI-assisted photographic retouching, AI-generated illustration, AI-generated infographic, AI-assisted composition or AI-generated video.

Human authors and editors remain responsible for the material regardless of the technology used during its production.

The European Artificial Intelligence Act and Editorial Responsibility

Odissey uses primarily third-party Artificial Intelligence technologies within a professional publishing environment and seeks to apply them consistently with Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — the European Artificial Intelligence Act and other applicable European and Italian rules.

Where generative AI contributes to text intended to inform the public on matters of public interest, substantive human review and editorial control remain fundamental components of our workflow.

This means more than correcting grammar or style. Relevant material is subject to human editorial judgement capable of evaluating its substance, checking important information and sources and modifying, approving or rejecting content before publication.

Where applicable requirements provide an exemption from a particular AI-labelling obligation because substantive human editorial review and legal editorial responsibility are present, this does not remove any separate professional, deontological, copyright, privacy or transparency obligation that may apply.

Where Artificial Intelligence produces or substantially manipulates content for which European or Italian law requires a specific disclosure, Odissey provides that disclosure in an appropriate and understandable manner.

Artificial Intelligence cannot be used as an exemption from normal editorial responsibility.

AI Literacy and Editorial Awareness

Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence depends not only upon human supervision, but also upon the knowledge of the people exercising that supervision.

For this reason, Odissey’s editorial staff and personnel involved in the use of AI systems are kept informed and updated on the criteria governing their use and on the capabilities, limitations and implications associated with these technologies.

This includes awareness of the possibility of hallucinations and fabricated information, source reliability, factual verification, copyright and intellectual-property rights, privacy and confidentiality, synthetic content, potential bias, transparency obligations and the distinction between AI-assisted research, editing and substantive generation.

The objective is not simply technical familiarity with individual platforms, but an understanding of when, how and to what extent Artificial Intelligence may appropriately contribute to an editorial process and when additional verification, human intervention or specific disclosure is required.

Odissey also seeks to adapt this knowledge as technologies, professional standards and applicable regulations evolve.

Artificial Intelligence, Confidentiality and Personal Information

The use of external AI services requires particular attention when editorial information includes personal, confidential or unpublished material.

As part of responsible editorial practice, personnel using third-party AI systems are expected to consider privacy, confidentiality and source protection before submitting material to such systems and to avoid entering unnecessary personal data, confidential source information or other protected material where its disclosure to the relevant provider would not be appropriate or justified.

The use of an AI system does not alter the responsibility of the editorial organisation to protect confidential information or journalistic sources where applicable.

Translation and Multilingual Accessibility

Odissey Travel Magazine addresses an international readership and believes that language should not create an unnecessary barrier to journalism, culture and travel information.

Automated translation, neural machine translation and generative AI technologies may therefore be used to make articles available to readers in languages other than that in which the original editorial work was produced.

Depending on the publishing workflow, these tools may include technologies such as Google Translate, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and other language-processing systems.

Their principal purpose is accessibility: making Odissey’s journalism available to a wider international audience.

Automated and AI-assisted translation, however, cannot always reproduce the original text with absolute precision. Translation systems may interpret terminology differently, simplify an idiomatic expression, modify a nuance or encounter difficulty with geographical names, cultural references, specialist terminology or particular linguistic constructions.

A translated version may therefore occasionally differ in terminology, tone, syntax or precision from the original.

These differences may be a consequence of the translation technology and should not automatically be understood as an intentional editorial alteration.

Our editorial team may review and correct translated material, particularly where specialised terminology or contextual accuracy requires additional attention, but every automatically produced version may not always receive the same degree of linguistic review as the original.

AI-assisted or automatically produced translations are identified as such.

This indication is intended both to promote transparency and to explain that the translation is provided primarily to increase accessibility.

Where there is doubt, ambiguity or a difference between linguistic versions, the original-language article remains the editorial reference version.

AI in SEO, Publishing and Distribution

Artificial Intelligence may also form part of the technical environment surrounding publication.

Search-engine optimisation, semantic analysis, keyword research, metadata preparation, content discovery, audience analysis, website optimisation and social-media distribution increasingly use machine-learning or AI-based technologies.

Odissey may use such systems to improve the discoverability and distribution of its journalism.

Search engines, social networks, publishing systems and analytics providers may themselves use proprietary AI technologies whose internal processes are determined by the respective providers.

These systems may influence how content is indexed, discovered or distributed but do not determine Odissey’s editorial positions or independently decide what we publish.

Privacy, Personal Data and Journalistic Activity

Odissey recognises that journalism requires a continuous balance between the public’s right to receive information and the rights, freedoms, dignity and privacy of the people to whom that information relates.

Personal data used for journalistic purposes are treated within the framework established by applicable European and Italian law, including the GDPR, the Italian Privacy Code and the rules governing personal-data processing in journalistic activities.

The fact that personal information may already be publicly accessible does not automatically mean that every further use or publication is appropriate. Editorial relevance, public interest, context and the principle of essentiality of information remain important considerations.

In accordance with the rules applicable to journalistic activity, personal information may in appropriate circumstances be processed and published without the consent of the person concerned. This does not remove the obligation to respect fundamental rights, human dignity and the limits established for the legitimate exercise of journalism.

Particular care is taken where information concerns health, sexuality, biometric or genetic information, political or religious beliefs or other particularly sensitive aspects of a person’s private life.

Odissey also applies particular caution to the identification and representation of children, vulnerable individuals, victims and people whose identification could expose them or others to disproportionate harm.

Images and personal information are evaluated not merely in relation to whether they are technically obtainable or publicly available, but also in relation to their relevance and necessity to the story.

Updating Information, Privacy Requests and the Right to Be Forgotten

Journalistic archives have an important historical and documentary function, and the continued availability of an article does not automatically become unlawful merely because time has passed.

At the same time, circumstances may evolve.

Where a person asks Odissey to examine personal information contained in previously published material, the request may be evaluated in light of accuracy, current relevance, public interest, the passage of time, freedom of information, applicable privacy law and the rules governing the right to be forgotten and online deindexation.

Depending on the circumstances and applicable legal requirements, an appropriate response may consist of correcting or updating information, adding subsequent developments, limiting unnecessary identifying details or facilitating deindexation where the relevant conditions exist.

A request for deletion does not automatically entail removal of journalistic content where continued publication is lawfully justified by freedom of information or public interest.

Website Privacy

This Editorial, AI, Privacy & Transparency Policy concerns primarily Odissey’s editorial activity.

It does not replace the website Privacy Policy or Cookie Policy, which govern other forms of personal-data processing connected with the operation of the website, such as contact requests, subscriptions, newsletters, analytics, technical logs, cookies and other digital services.

Those activities are governed by their specific notices, legal bases, retention periods and rights procedures as required under applicable data-protection legislation.

Photography, Images and Visual Materials

Photography and visual storytelling form an important part of Odissey’s editorial identity.

Our visual material may originate from Odissey photographers and contributors, independent professionals, tourism boards, institutions, press offices, authorised media kits, commercial archives, image libraries, open-licence repositories, Creative Commons sources, illustrators and, where appropriate, Artificial Intelligence systems.

Every visual work is evaluated according to the rights, licence and conditions applicable to its particular source.

An image being accessible online does not in itself constitute permission for unrestricted editorial reuse.

Different archives, photographers and platforms may impose different rules concerning attribution, modification, commercial use, redistribution and derivative works. Odissey therefore seeks to apply the conditions associated with the specific material being used rather than assuming that every image from a particular category of website is governed by the same licence.

Attribution of Photographs

Odissey’s photographic credits seek to preserve both authorship and provenance.

Where information is supplied by the relevant source and where required by the applicable licence or agreement, credits may identify the photographer or creator, the archive, agency, institution or platform from which the material originates and other applicable rights or licensing information.

Where Creative Commons or another open licence requires a licence reference, attribution, source link or indication that the material has been modified, those conditions should be retained in an appropriate form.

When a photograph has intentionally undergone AI-assisted modification, Odissey’s current editorial practice is also to indicate the AI intervention within the image credit or accompanying attribution, together with the archive or source and the photographer or author where that information is supplied or required.

This allows the reader to understand both where the image came from and how the final published version was produced.

Three Levels of Photographic Intervention

Odissey distinguishes between three principal forms of photographic treatment.

Level 1 — Original Photography and Minimal Processing

At the first level, the photograph remains substantially the image captured by the photographer.

It may be cropped, resized, converted to another technical format or prepared for print or digital publication. Normal adjustments to exposure, contrast, colour, sharpness or resolution may also occur.

These operations do not materially alter the documentary meaning of the photograph and are considered normal photographic and publishing processes.

Level 2 — Photographic Retouching and AI-Assisted Enhancement

The second level involves more extensive post-production.

This may include advanced colour correction, selective adjustments, perspective correction, noise reduction, restoration, sharpening or correction of technical imperfections.

Professional photographic software increasingly incorporates machine-learning and Artificial Intelligence technologies, and such tools may be intentionally used as part of this process.

Where AI contributes to the modification of a photograph within Odissey’s editorial workflow, this contribution is indicated appropriately, for example as AI-assisted retouching or image modified with AI assistance.

The use of AI-based editing does not necessarily mean that the underlying photograph itself was generated by Artificial Intelligence.

Where the documentary meaning of the photograph remains substantially unchanged, the material continues to be treated as photography that has undergone post-production rather than as a wholly synthetic image.

Level 3 — AI-Generated Content, Composition and Generative Modification

The third level begins when Artificial Intelligence contributes substantially to what the viewer sees, rather than simply to the technical treatment of an existing photograph.

This includes material in which visual elements are generated and added, significant elements are replaced or reconstructed, environments or backgrounds are created, photographic and synthetic components are combined or the complete image is created wholly or predominantly through generative Artificial Intelligence.

Odissey may also use Artificial Intelligence in the creation of illustrations, infographics, diagrams, maps and conceptual representations, data visualisations, animations, motion graphics, video sequences, reconstructions and other explanatory or creative editorial material.

These technologies can provide useful ways of visualising abstract subjects, explaining processes, reconstructing environments or creating editorial representations for which no suitable conventional photograph exists.

When AI contributes substantively in this way, its use is explicitly indicated.

Depending upon the material, descriptions may include AI-generated image, AI-generated illustration, AI-generated infographic, AI-assisted photographic composition, AI-generated video, AI-generated visualisation or another description that accurately represents the nature of the intervention.

Documentary Integrity and Deepfakes

Odissey distinguishes between documentary photography and images or audiovisual material created principally for illustrative, artistic, conceptual or reconstructive purposes.

An artificially generated or substantially AI-composed image should not be understood as documentary evidence that the scene represented occurred exactly as depicted.

Particular attention is required where AI-generated or AI-manipulated images, audio or video resemble an existing person, object, location, organisation or event in a way that could cause the material to be mistaken for authentic documentation.

Where material constitutes a deepfake or otherwise falls within an applicable transparency requirement, Odissey provides an appropriate, clear and perceptible disclosure of its artificial or manipulated nature at the point at which readers or viewers encounter the material.

For artistic, creative, illustrative or fictional material, such disclosure may be integrated into the presentation in a way that remains clear without unnecessarily interfering with the work itself.

Odissey also seeks to ensure that image editing does not distort journalistic information or misleadingly alter the significance of a documented event.

The use of images remains subject to respect for the rights, personality, dignity and appropriate contextualisation of the people represented.

Rights, Licences and Changes in Permission

Odissey seeks to respect copyright, authorship, attribution requirements and the individual licensing conditions applicable to photographs, illustrations, videos, texts and other third-party material used within its publications.

Permissions may derive from photographers, contributors, agencies, archives, institutions, licensing platforms or other rights holders and may have different terms.

Licensing information can also evolve. A work may subsequently appear under different terms, an archive may change its licensing model or an author may raise a question about attribution, provenance or permission.

A subsequent change does not necessarily have the legal effect of revoking a licence or permission that was validly granted and relied upon previously. Some licences, including Creative Commons licences, may expressly be irrevocable provided their conditions continue to be respected.

Nevertheless, Odissey considers cooperation with authors and rights holders an important part of responsible publishing.

If an author, photographer, illustrator or other rights holder identifies a possible licensing problem, attribution error, change in licensing conditions, disputed permission or other concern relating to material published by Odissey, the editorial team will be promptly available to examine the matter and any relevant documentation.

Where appropriate, Odissey may correct an attribution, add or amend licensing information, replace the material, modify its use or remove it.

Where continued publication is no longer lawfully authorised, or where a material error or infringement is established, appropriate corrective measures will be taken as promptly as reasonably possible.

Copyright and AI-Assisted Works

Copyright protection depends upon the nature of the individual work and applicable law.

Original human-created texts, photographs, illustrations, videos, graphics and other creative works published by Odissey may be protected by copyright and related rights.

Works created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence may also receive copyright protection where the applicable legal requirements for human creative contribution and authorship are satisfied.

Odissey does not assume that every output created wholly by an automated generative system necessarily attracts the same copyright protection as a human-authored work.

References to Odissey’s copyright should therefore be understood as applying to the extent that the relevant material is protected under applicable intellectual-property law and to the extent that the relevant rights belong to or are licensed to Odissey.

Third-party material remains subject to the rights and permissions of the corresponding rights holders.

Nothing in this policy is intended to restrict uses that are lawfully permitted by an applicable licence, statutory exception or limitation.

Accuracy, Verification and Corrections

Travel journalism describes a world that changes continuously.

Visa requirements, transport schedules, prices, opening hours, health rules, events, commercial services and other information may change after publication. External sources may themselves update, correct or withdraw information.

Odissey seeks to ensure that information is accurate to the best of its editorial knowledge at the time of publication or most recent revision.

Where information subsequently proves materially inaccurate or erroneous, Odissey’s editorial practice is to correct it with appropriate promptness and, where relevant, appropriate prominence.

The same principle applies to images.

Where appropriate, Odissey also considers requests for reply from persons directly affected by information published about them.

Readers should independently confirm information that may directly affect significant travel decisions — particularly immigration requirements, visas, health provisions, safety rules, transportation schedules and prices — with the appropriate official authority or service provider.

Editorial Content Disclaimer

Odissey’s articles, photographs, videos, illustrations, infographics and other multimedia materials are produced principally for journalistic, informational, cultural and inspirational purposes.

Unless expressly indicated otherwise, they do not constitute legal, medical, financial or other regulated professional advice.

Odissey Travel Magazine does not, through its editorial activity, act as a tour operator, travel agency or destination management company and does not sell, book or guarantee travel arrangements through its journalism.

The editorial presence of a destination, company, airline, accommodation provider, attraction, organisation, event, product or service does not automatically imply commercial endorsement.

Where material constitutes advertising, sponsored content or a commercial collaboration requiring disclosure, the relationship should be identified appropriately.

Human Editorial Responsibility

Whatever technologies are involved, editorial responsibility remains human.

Artificial Intelligence may help us discover information, identify documentation, compare sources, organise research, improve language, translate articles, create visualisations, assist photographic processing and distribute our work.

It does not decide what Odissey considers journalistically important.

It does not replace our journalists or editors.

It does not become a journalistic source merely because it generates an answer.

It does not independently decide what should be published.

And it does not assume responsibility for the material made available by Odissey.

Responsibility for evaluating sources, checking relevant information, interpreting facts, determining editorial perspective and approving publication remains with the human editorial organisation and with the persons or entities to whom applicable law assigns that responsibility.

This principle is central to Odissey’s use of Artificial Intelligence.

Corrections, Privacy, Rights Requests and Feedback

Transparency also requires openness to correction.

If you identify information that appears inaccurate or outdated, believe that personal information requires editorial review, or are an author, photographer, illustrator or rights holder who believes that material has been incorrectly attributed, used under incorrect licensing information or affected by another rights issue, please contact:

info@odisseymag.com

Odissey will examine credible requests and relevant supporting information and will take the action considered appropriate in light of the circumstances, applicable law, journalistic freedom, public interest, intellectual-property rights and editorial obligations.

Depending upon the circumstances, this may include correction, clarification, updating, attribution changes, replacement, deindexation where applicable or removal of material.

Last updated: September 1, 2026

This policy describes Odissey Travel Magazine’s editorial standards and transparency practices. It does not replace or limit obligations arising directly from applicable law, professional rules, contractual licences, the website Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy or other legal notices.

Odissey’s activities are subject to applicable Italian and European Union law. Nothing contained in this policy is intended to waive mandatory rights or obligations established by applicable legislation.