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Elissa Slotkin

U.S. Senator from Michigan; former CIA analyst and Pentagon official; member of the Senate Armed Services Committee

My bill ensures a human is involved when deadly autonomous weapons are fired, AI cannot be used to spy on the American people, and that a human is on the switch to launch nuclear weapons. AI is going to shape the future of America’s national security, and we must win the AI race against China. But to do that, we need action that puts limits on AI in the Department of Defense.

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Elissa Slotkin, “Slotkin Legislation Puts Common-sense Guardrails on DOD AI Use Around Lethal Force, Spying on Americans and Nuclear Weapons,” March 17, 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 Slotkin explicitly backs human authorization for lethal autonomous weapons and human control of nuclear launch decisions—high-stakes AI oversight. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Slotkin explicitly requires human authorization for lethal autonomous weapons and human nuclear-launch control. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Senator Slotkin's March 17, 2026 official release contains this statement verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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