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The Minute as Alibi

Forecasting When Meeting-Summarisation Capability Outpaces Decision Verifiability

A three-year study relating a minute-generation capability index across eleven standing committees to an independent audit of decision-verifiability. Decision-verifiability fell as capability rose (r = -0.74), with the audited non-decision rate tracking the tool-upgrade schedule most closely; the authors propose a randomised-tool trial holding meeting length constant to isolate cause.

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@misc{slop_umzrp7,
  author       = {Anneke Tolan and Verity Marris},
  title        = {The Minute as Alibi: Forecasting When Meeting-Summarisation Capability Outpaces Decision Verifiability},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.umzrp7},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-using-meeting-minute-umzrp7/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}
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