Research brief 002 · Edition 1
What AI job loss estimates actually measure
A source audit of exposure claims, workforce denominators and the evidence needed before projecting losses
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Research brief 003 · Edition 1
Human oversight of AI
What makes review effective and what evidence decision makers should require
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Who writes the rules for AI
Following the public record from consultation to final text
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The air traffic disruption: reconstructing the public record.
Updated November 14: what officials said at Saturday’s briefing →
What the November 13 ground stop records establish, what officials said, and the separate questions about modernization delivery.
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Latest coverage & official statements
A curated news feed on the nationwide ground stop. Summaries are ours; linked articles belong to their publishers. Source type identifies who is speaking, not whether every claim is established.
Last reviewed: . Manually reviewed; not an automatic or real-time feed. Newer publication dates appear first; same-day items are not ordered by exact time.
Saturday briefing: officials describe the equipment investigation
Coverage of Duffy’s account of the router disruption and Bedford’s commitment to publish the root-cause analysis. These are attributed statements while the investigation continues.
Live page: entries and headlines may change.
Read source at ABC News (opens in a new tab)↗FAA anticipates recovery by Sunday as disruption continues
AP reports Bedford’s expectation that schedules would recover by the end of Sunday, alongside continuing cancellations. It notes that investigators were considering a faulty router, correcting an earlier reference to wire.
Recovery timing is an official forecast, not a confirmed outcome.
Read source at Associated Press · via CityNews (opens in a new tab)↗Saturday travel disruption and the contractor investigation
Reuters covers continuing cancellations, officials’ recovery expectations and the investigation into work by L3Harris. Flight totals are time-specific and may change.
News reporting; not a final engineering finding.
Read source at Reuters (opens in a new tab)↗Our reporting standard
Every claim should lead somewhere.
01 / EVIDENCESources beside
Sources beside
the facts
Direct links to the records behind each material claim, so you can examine the evidence yourself.
02 / CONTEXTStatements
Statements
in context
Who said it, when they said it, and what the record supports. A statement is attributed to its source.
03 / CLARITYOpen questions
Open questions
stay open
Gaps are identified. Analysis is labelled. Updates and corrections remain visible.
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The FAA stopped departures nationwide on November 13 and later lifted the restriction. [16] [17] This brief separates the incident record from modernization oversight and makes no finding about cause or fault.
The downloads retain the earlier Edition 2 cutoff. Read the November 14 web update for the later briefing and latest coverage.
Read the executive summary →RESEARCH BRIEF 00114 NOV 2026
FAA modernization
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oversight brief
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Technology in public life
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