Tips, leaks, corrections, or story ideas? This page explains how to reach us, what to send, and how we handle it. For sensitive material, use our secure tips line.

Reach the newsroom

What to send (and how to make it useful)

The more verifiable detail you give us up front, the faster we can report it. A strong tip includes:

  • What happened — the core fact in one or two sentences.
  • When — dates, times, version numbers, or “as of today.”
  • Who — the companies, labs, agencies, or people involved.
  • The source — the document, link, screenshot, or firsthand account it comes from. Primary sources (the original filing, the internal email, the model weights) beat summaries.
  • Why it matters — the stakes: a security risk, a market move, a capability jump.

Attach files when you can. If you’re forwarding something you received, include the full thread, not a screenshot of one line. Name files descriptively. Tell us if there’s a deadline or an embargo.

What we cover

Frontierbeat covers the frontier of artificial intelligence and the systems around it: foundation models and benchmarks, AI chips and compute, the US–China technology race, crypto and prediction markets, and AI security. We’re interested in anything backed by primary evidence — a release, a leak, a paper, a policy move, an incident.

What we don’t do

  • We don’t pay for stories or for exclusive access to documents.
  • We don’t publish unverified claims as fact. If we can’t confirm it, we say so — or we don’t run it.
  • We don’t cover consumer gadget roundups, generic “AI wrote my essay” lifestyle pieces, or anything outside the frontier beats above unless it clearly touches them.
  • We don’t publish doxxing, private personal data, or material we believe was obtained unlawfully.

Anonymity vs. attribution

You choose. Many of our best tips come from people who stay anonymous — engineers, researchers, operators who were in the room. We protect sources aggressively: we strip metadata, we don’t share identifying details, and we will not reveal you without your consent. If you’d rather be named (or quoted with your title), tell us. Either way, we verify the underlying facts before anything is published. Anonymity protects you; evidence protects the story.

What happens next

We read every message. We can’t reply to everything, but actionable tips get a human look, usually within a couple of business days. If we use your information, we’ll attribute it the way you asked — on the record, as a source, or not at all.