Max Tegmark on Mandate third-party audits for major AI…

Max Tegmark

Physicist, AI Researcher

The simple way to view this is that all of the diverse applications of AI simply have this same approach that we have in all other powerful industries, that it's the company's job to innovate and demonstrate to independent, government-appointed experts that the harms are outweighed by benefits.

AI Verified (Feb 2, 2026)

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Max Tegmark, testimony to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, Parliament of Canada, February 2, 2026.

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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems

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AI Verified Tegmark calls for companies to demonstrate benefits outweigh harms to independent government-appointed experts, supporting independent third-party audit oversight. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Tegmark advocates independent government-appointed experts reviewing AI harms and benefits; this supports the recorded 'for' answer. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Official Canadian House of Commons committee transcript dated February 2, 2026 attributes and reproduces the stored words to Max Tegmark. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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