Governance & Safety

Knowing Is Not Enough: Information Retrievability as a Precondition to Effective LLM Oversight

Two randomized experiments, 640 customer-facing employees: errors pass review because oversight-relevant information isn't accessible at review time; self-generated explanations improve detection, daily retrieval cues sustain it - retrievability is a distinct precondition alongside capability and engagement

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Two randomized experiments, 640 customer-facing employees: errors pass review because oversight-relevant information isn't accessible at review time; self-generated explanations improve detection, daily retrieval cues sustain it - retrievability is a distinct precondition alongside capability and engagement

Original source

Title
Knowing Is Not Enough: Information Retrievability as a Precondition to Effective LLM Oversight
Author
Fu, Ramasubbu & Galletta
Publication
arXiv
Date
Wednesday, September 2, 2026