Public-Source Review Template

AI-mediated authority path and effective refusal risk

Public-source review only. This template does not claim access to internal logs, private incident records, official attribution, regulatory findings, legal conclusions, or safety determinations.

When to use this template

Use this when an AI-related case is known through public reporting, public statements, public documentation, public screenshots, papers, or third-party summaries, and the review must avoid overstating what is known.

Review fields

1. Source register

List each public source, date, type, what it supports, and what it does not prove.

2. Public facts

List only claims directly supported by public sources.

3. Inferences

Separate plausible inferences from facts and mark uncertainty.

4. Unknowns

List conclusions that must remain unresolved because internal logs or official findings are unavailable.

Actor-Authority-Evidence mapping

LayerReview questionPublic evidenceGap
Human requester / operatorWho initiated, approved, used, or relied on the AI-mediated action?
AI assistant / agentWhat did the AI judge, recommend, route, generate, or execute?
Platform automation layerWhich automated workflow acted after the AI output or user interaction?
Privileged system / APIDid the process affect account recovery, credentials, production state, tools, rollback, or appeal routes?
Accountable human or organizationWho could pause, reverse, escalate, or contain before irreversibility?
Evidence custodianWho controls logs, timestamps, records, or missing-evidence notes?

Effective refusal window

  • Last point at which a human could plausibly refuse, stop, suspend, reverse, or escalate.
  • Evidence that this point existed.
  • Evidence that this point was effective.
  • Evidence gap.

Boundary review triggers

  • AI-mediated account recovery, credential change, production action, tool execution, or privileged API access.
  • Human review existed on paper, but its timing, authority, or evidence is unclear.
  • Rollback, appeal, recovery, or stop authority may have been unavailable after the AI-mediated action.

Safe summary

Based on public sources only, this case raises questions about actor identity, authority routing, evidence availability, and whether effective human refusal remained available before irreversible effect. It does not establish official attribution, legal responsibility, regulatory violation, or internal causation.