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From responsibility gaps to meaningful human control: an ethical and regulatory governance framework for intelligent AI systems

Sep 2026 · AI and Ethics · Vol 6 · 0 citations · 57 references
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

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The study demonstrates how MHC can be translated from an ethical principle into governance practice and shows that meaningful control depends not only on human involvement in decisions, but also on defined purposes and boundaries, operational procedures for review and correction, legal safeguards, and institutional capacity for oversight and intervention.

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