City of Berkeley on Require human-in-the-loop oversight for…

City of Berkeley

Municipal government of Berkeley, California.

No automated system may take punitive or coercive measures, such as issuing citations, restricting access, or initiating legal consequences without meaningful human oversight, and rapid appeal.

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City of Berkeley, "The Berkeley Rule: Artificial Intelligence Municipal Framework," March 10, 2026.

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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains

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AI Verified Berkeley's rule forbids automated punitive or coercive action without meaningful human oversight and rapid appeal, which squarely supports the human-in-the-loop statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote says no automated system may take punitive or coercive measures without meaningful human oversight and rapid appeal, so the correct answer is for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Berkeley's March 10, 2026 AI Municipal Framework says no automated system may take punitive or coercive measures without meaningful human oversight and rapid appeal (lines 614-620); the stored quote matches. model=gpt-5 · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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