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Requiring human oversight means that AI decisions or outputs are not fully autonomous; human review is a stated obligation within Microsoft's responsible AI framework.
Interpretive note: The excerpt lists multiple independent requirements in a single sentence. Human oversight was selected as the primary proposition; the remaining four requirements are recorded in omitted_material. The excerpt does not specify who bears these obligations or in what operational context.
Microsoft requires that AI systems under this standard operate with maintained human oversight.
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Requiring human oversight means that AI decisions or outputs are not fully autonomous; human review is a stated obligation within Microsoft's responsible AI framework.
Microsoft requires that AI systems under this standard operate with maintained human oversight.
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