Ministry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore) on Require human-in-the-loop oversight for…

Ministry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore)

Singapore government ministry responsible for national digital development and information policy, including AI governance.

They should not allow high stakes or irreversible actions to take place without human review. Appropriate actions therefore include identifying checkpoints or action boundaries that require human approval.

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Ministry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore), response to Parliamentary Question on meaningful human accountability for agentic AI, May 6, 2026.

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

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