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Patrick Higgins

Managing Director of the LaCross Institute for Ethical AI in Business at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

You cannot treat AI governance as a static set of rules. Organizations need ways to identify unexpected behavior, collaborate across functions and adjust their safeguards as the landscape evolves.

AI Verified (Jul 30, 2026)

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Patrick Higgins, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, July 30, 2026.

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Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority

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AI Verified The quote is on-topic because the surrounding article frames the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident as a case for rapid disclosure and incident reporting, and Higgins’ point about identifying unexpected behavior and adapting safeguards makes a pro-reporting stance on the 72-hour incident-reporting mandate substantially more likely. ([news.darden.virginia.edu](https://news.darden.virginia.edu/2026/07/30/openai-hugging-face-security-incident-ai-governance/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote favors stronger, adaptable AI governance, and the article says the policy objective should be to “maximize rapid disclosure,” with incident reporting included in proposed regulation, so a 72-hour reporting mandate is supported by implication, though the quote does not specify 72 hours or a national authority. ([news.darden.virginia.edu](https://news.darden.virginia.edu/2026/07/30/openai-hugging-face-security-incident-ai-governance/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The quote appears verbatim in the Darden article "OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident Shows Why Rapid Disclosure Matters for AI Governance" and is attributed to Patrick Higgins; the page is dated 30 July 2026. ([news.darden.virginia.edu](https://news.darden.virginia.edu/2026/07/30/openai-hugging-face-security-incident-ai-governance/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 2mo ago

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Grant whistleblower protections to AI safety researchers

Leaders need to know what their systems are doing, create channels for people across the organization to share concerns and build governance that can adapt as the technology and its uses change.

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