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Leonardo Cervera Navas

Director General of the European Data Protection Supervisor, speaking at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in July 2026.

We have to be careful with this technology, and we always have to have this technology under supervision. This is exactly what we have done in the EU with our AI Act. We have established principle-based rules where we say that the higher the risk, the higher the care and the supervision.

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Leonardo Cervera Navas, remarks at Thematic discussion 3: Safe, secure and trustworthy AI — Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance — Day 2, UN Transcripts, July 7, 2026.

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

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AI Verified Quote explicitly says AI must remain under supervision, especially at higher risk; it is directly relevant to required human oversight. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified UN transcript (7 Jul 2026, 40:06–) records Leonardo Cervera Navas stating this wording; attribution and date match. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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So exactly the same rules should apply to AI. We have to be careful with this technology and we always have to have this technology under supervision.

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