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Microsoft vice chair and president
We have to ensure that A.I. remains subject to human control. Whether it’s a government, the military, or any kind of organization, that is thinking about using A.I. to automate, say, critical infrastructure, we need to ensure that we have humans in control, that we can slow things down or turn things off.
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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 clearly supports the full statement: it says AI in high-stakes settings like government, the military, and critical infrastructure must remain under human control, with humans able to slow or shut it off. That implies support for requiring human-in-the-loop oversight in high-stakes domains. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 16d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports requiring human oversight in high-stakes uses: it says A.I. must remain "subject to human control" and that for uses like "the military" or "critical infrastructure," "we need to ensure that we have humans in control." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 16d ago

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AI Verified The Fortune article at the provided URL contains this quote verbatim and explicitly attributes it to Microsoft president Brad Smith, saying he "told CNBC’s Martin Soong." The article is dated August 29, 2023, so the stored author, date, source URL, and quote text all match reliable evidence. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 16d ago
Disputed Brad Smith did say this in substance, but the supplied citation is wrong and the wording is not fully verbatim. The cited The National page from February 26, 2026 is about “collective defence” and does not contain this passage; searches on that page find no matches for “human control,” “critical infrastructure,” or “turn things off.” Reliable 2023 reports in Fortune (August 29, 2023) and IBTimes UK (September 1, 2023) attribute the line to Smith’s CNBC interview, but their wording includes extra words omitted here, such as “that is” and “say,” before “critical infrastructure.” ([thenationalnews.com](https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/02/26/microsoft-brad-smith-ai-on-the-record/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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