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CEO at OpenAI
We have long believed that AI should not be used for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons, and that humans should remain in the loop for high-stakes automated decisions.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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AI Verified The quote directly states that AI should not be used for autonomous lethal weapons, which clearly implies support for banning autonomous lethal weapons. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Unverifiable The quote says AI 'should not be used for ... autonomous lethal weapons,' but it does not explicitly call for a ban. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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AI Verified The quote directly says "AI should not be used for mass surveillance," which clearly implies support for banning AI use for mass surveillance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The quote says AI "should not be used for mass surveillance," which clearly supports banning that use. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports the statement: it says 'humans should remain in the loop for high-stakes automated decisions,' which directly implies support for requiring human oversight for AI systems operating in high-stakes contexts. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly says "humans should remain in the loop for high-stakes automated decisions," which supports requiring human-in-the-loop oversight in high-stakes AI contexts. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago

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AI Verified Axios’s February 27, 2026 article contains that exact sentence in a quoted memo attributed to Sam Altman, and the Associated Press independently reproduced the same wording from a memo it obtained from OpenAI; the provided quote is therefore a real verbatim excerpt correctly attributed to Altman, and the supplied Axios URL contains it. ([axios.com](https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/altman-openai-anthropic-pentagon)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Year: 2026 (Feb 27, 2026, in the context of the OpenAI/Anthropic Pentagon contract dispute) — current/relevant. Author attribution: Sam Altman (CEO at OpenAI) — correct; the Axios piece is titled "Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight" and web search confirms the quote is attributed to Altman (not Anthropic, despite the overlapping subject matter). Source verification: WebFetch of the axios.com URL returned HTTP 403, but web search returned the verbatim quote attributed to Altman from that exact article ("We have long believed that AI should not be used for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons, and that humans should remain in the loop for high-stakes automated decisions"). Vote alignment: vote is "for" the statement "Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains" — aligns directly, as the quote explicitly states humans should remain in the loop for high-stakes automated decisions. Positive evidence the source contains the quote and attribution is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
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