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They really become part of the company, which makes it difficult to criticize it because the staffers become almost your friends.
AI Verified (Sep 17, 2026)
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Lilian Edwards, quoted in Jacek Krywko, “AI leaders want to slow frontier AI. Who will make sure they really do?,” Scientific American, September 17, 2026. Edwards critiques embedding auditors alongside company employees as creating cultural capture.
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AI Verified In source context, Edwards says embedded auditors become company staff/friends, opposing employee-like access for independent evaluators. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago
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AI Verified Quote identifies cultural capture from embedded auditor access; recorded answer against matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Scientific American, Sept. 17, 2026, attributes this exact wording to Lilian Edwards. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago
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