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.

For essential services and other higher-risk applications, stronger safeguards are necessary. [...] We cannot rely on simply telling AI agents what to do. We must also deliberately limit what they can access and do, conduct appropriate test suites, retain appropriate human oversight, monitor their behaviour, and contain the consequences if something goes wrong.

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Ministry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore), “MDDI's Response to PQ on Providing Pre-Deployment Government Access to Frontier AI Models for Independent Evaluation of National Security Risks and Vulnerabilities,” 6 October 2026, paragraphs on high-risk applications and safeguards for AI agents.

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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 The quote expressly concerns AI agents in higher-risk applications and requires appropriate human oversight, covering human-in-the-loop oversight in high-stakes domains. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The quote supports the recorded for vote by requiring human oversight for AI agents in higher-risk applications. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Singapore MDDI’s official October 6, 2026 response contains the exact AI-agent safeguards passage. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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

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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