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Is an AI Policy Enough?

An airline’s chatbot invented a refund rule, and the airline argued it was not responsible. A policy tells you what should happen. It cannot tell you what did.

October 13, 2026

Independent reporting and research on how AI is changing power, work, security and accountability.

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