Comment by Kirsten Gillibrand

U.S. Senator from New York; member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence Committees
Secretary Hegseth's attack on AI safety procedures contradicts common sense and undermines our national security. [...] Removing guardrails doesn't produce efficiency; it guarantees a future of catastrophic harm. We must have clear AI safety procedures across military and civilian life – with humans in control. AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified Verified. The senate.gov source URL returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but a web search confirmed the quote verbatim from Senator Gillibrand's Feb 2026 statement on Secretary Hegseth's rejection of AI guardrails: "Removing guardrails doesn't produce efficiency; it guarantees a future of catastrophic harm" and "We must have clear AI safety procedures across military and civilian life – with humans in control." Attribution to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (Senate Armed Services/Intelligence Committees) is correct and year 2026 is current. The "for" vote on "Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains" aligns directly with her demand for AI safety procedures "with humans in control." · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 11d ago
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