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Signal President; AI policy advocate
While auditing standards and transparency are necessary to answer fundamental questions, they will not address these harms.
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AI Verified Confirmed. The AI Now Institute page dated January 15, 2020 identifies the publication as “AI Now’s Testimony to the House Oversight Committee” and attributes it to Meredith Whittaker; it reproduces the exact sentence: “While auditing standards and transparency are necessary to answer fundamental questions, they will not address these harms.” ([ainowinstitute.org](https://ainowinstitute.org/publication/ai-nows-testimony-to-the-house-oversight-committee-2)) The linked written testimony PDF is titled “Written Testimony of Meredith Whittaker” (January 15, 2020) and contains the same wording verbatim on page 2, lines 74-76. ([ainowinstitute.org](https://ainowinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WRITTEN-testimony-MW-oversight-FINAL.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Verified: Quote text matches Meredith Whittaker's January 15, 2020 testimony to the House Oversight Committee hearing on Facial Recognition Technology Part III. The AI Now Institute is the legitimate source. Per multiple search results confirming her testimony, Whittaker warned against "an over reliance on technical audits that could be used to justify the use of systems without tackling structural issues" - aligning with her quoted view that audits are necessary but insufficient. The vote "against" on "Mandate third-party audits" is supported by her broader policy critique that audits alone won't address harms (she calls for halting facial recognition use entirely), though the literal quote acknowledges audits are "necessary." URL is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 2mo ago
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