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Our AI Policy
HCI Marketing and Communications Inc.At HCI, we use AI selectively to enhance our work, not define it.
In complex B2B tech environments, generic, AI-driven messaging stands out for the wrong reasons. That’s why we take a human-led, engineering-driven approach to everything we deliver.
Human-Led. Always.
- Technical expertise comes first—All strategic messaging and high-value technical content, including white papers, case studies, deep-tech blogs, is led and refined by technically fluent professionals.
- No generic positioning—We don’t rely on AI to define your brand, positioning, or value proposition. Differentiation comes from real insight, not recycled language.
- Built for technical buyers—Our work reflects the depth, nuance, and credibility that sophisticated audiences expect.
Your Data Stays Protected
- We won’t put proprietary information, unreleased product details or internal materials into non-secure platforms.
- We have strict data privacy standards and will not use your proprietary or private data to train external models.
- AI is not used for non-public materials unless the LLM being used is secure and only includes previously approved content from the client.
- AI-assisted output is both human- and technically verified, and reviewed for accuracy, credibility, and alignment with E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) standards.
- We’re happy to share where AI was used and how human expertise still led the way.
Where We Draw the Line
To protect quality and differentiation, we do not use AI copy as the final form for:
- Technical content requiring engineering precision and product differentiation
- Buyer persona development (this is grounded in interviews with company SMEs to identify differentiators)
- Brand positioning
Always Evolving
AI is changing quickly — and so are we. We will continue to refine how we use it for efficiency while protecting what matters most: your differentiation, your data, and your credibility.
Bottom line:
AI can summarize a data sheet and the technical details of your engineering. It can’t walk through the ah-ha moments that drove the innovation, nor can it replace the human relationships with the media and other audiences critical to your business. That’s where we come in.