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Prime Minister of Spain
The direction of AI is currently determined by a small group of companies [...] We are seeing the construction of an oligarchy that responds solely to its own interests. The governance of artificial intelligence should be in the hands of the people, not a small group of individuals.
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports the core idea that decisions about AI’s direction and values should not be controlled by developers or companies alone: it says AI is being shaped by a “small group of companies” and that “the governance of artificial intelligence should be in the hands of the people.” That strongly implies support for public deliberation over AI value alignment. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote says AI's "governance ... should be in the hands of the people, not a small group of individuals," clearly favoring public control over decisions by a small elite. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Confirmed. The source URL is an official La Moncloa page dated 22/04/2026 and contains the quoted wording: AI is "determined by a small group of companies," "We're seeing the construction of an oligarchy that responds solely to its own interests," and AI governance "should be in the hands of the people, not a small group of individuals." The official speech transcript on the same site also attributes these remarks to Pedro Sánchez and preserves the same substance in a faithful English translation, with only minor wording differences in places (for example, "a handful of companies" / "a tiny group of individuals"). ([lamoncloa.gob.es](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/presidente/news/paginas/2026/20260422-un-panel-on-ai.aspx)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. Pedro Sánchez's speech at the opening of the first meeting of the UN Panel of Experts on AI (Spain's Congress of Deputies, April 22, 2026) is confirmed by multiple sources (La Moncloa official transcript in English/Spanish, La Ecuación Digital, Alcázar de San Juan). The key phrases — "determined by a small group of companies", "construction of an oligarchy that responds solely to its own interests", and call for AI governance "in the hands of the people" — are all corroborated. Author attribution (Sánchez as PM of Spain) is correct. Year 2026 is correct. Vote "for" on statement 446 ("AGI could make governments subordinate to the companies that develop it") aligns with Sánchez's warning about corporate oligarchy controlling AI direction at the expense of democratic governance. Could not directly fetch lamoncloa.gob.es (403) but web search excerpts strongly corroborate. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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