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Sam Gregory

Executive Director, WITNESS

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

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Ban AI impersonation of real individuals without their consent

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AI Verified Quote addresses deceptive AI, privacy-centered provenance standards, and detection; it strongly supports preventing non-consensual AI impersonation. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer “for” matches the quote's call for detection of deceptive AI and privacy-centered authenticity standards. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified verbatim in cited UN transcript, lines 447–451; Sam Gregory identifies himself as WITNESS executive director. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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Require AI labs to publish safety evaluations before deploying frontier models

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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Require AI systems above a capability threshold to be interpretable

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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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems

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 develop...

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