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Comment by Anthony Aguirre

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Physicist; Future of Life cofounder
The crucial thing is that there is an external evaluation system that can test, by an independent agency or authority, that an AI system is safe and reliable before it goes to market, just as Max was discussing.
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Anthony Aguirre, 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 Aguirre explicitly calls for an external independent authority to test AI safety and reliability before market release. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Aguirre advocates independent external testing of AI systems before market release; this supports the recorded 'for' answer. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo 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 Anthony Aguirre. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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