Sam Gregory on Mandate third-party audits for major AI…

Sam Gregory

Executive Director, WITNESS

Our Witness Tried benchmark shows that detection currently works least well for those most at risk, particularly in the global majority. Both must rest on independent third-party oversight. Trust verified by third parties, not asserted by the developers who profit from them.

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Sam Gregory, remarks at Thematic discussion 3: Safe, secure and trustworthy AI, Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, UN transcript, July 7, 2026.

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AI Verified The quote explicitly argues for independent third-party oversight and trust verification, which is directly relevant to mandating third-party audits. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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Ban AI impersonation of real individuals without their consent

Standards like the C2PA specification must be built with privacy, and human rights at their center so they cannot become surveillance infrastructure. Alongside that, we need detection capabilities for deceptive AI that work globally.

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