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The headline says the U.S. and Russia stripped human oversight from a global AI weapons pact. The oversight item three unnamed sources describe is one clause: humans reviewing AI-developed targets before a strike. Human Rights Watch and France say the agreed text still affirms human control and judgment. And the Post itself says the talks are nonbinding.

The Washington Post, citing three unnamed people familiar with the negotiations and documents it reviewed; relayed by Seoul Economic Daily. Recorded 27 September 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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