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FDA / EMA
Joint Guiding Principles, Jan 2026
"Human-centric by design: AI systems should align with ethical, human-centric values and be designed to support, not replace, human judgement. Validation, oversight, and safeguards should be proportionate to the AI's context of use and level of risk."
— FDA-EMA Guiding Principles of Good AI Practice in Drug Development, Principles 1 & 2, January 2026
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EU AI Act
Regulation EU 2024/1689 — Effective August 2026
"AI should be a human-centric technology. It should serve as a tool for people, with the ultimate aim of increasing human well-being. The purpose of this Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of health, safety, and fundamental rights — including human oversight."
— EU Artificial Intelligence Act, Recital 6 & Article 1
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EU Industry 5.0
European Commission Industrial Policy
"Rather than taking emergent technology as a starting point and examining its potential for increasing efficiency, a human-centric approach in industry puts core human needs and interests at the heart of the production process. Rather than asking what we can do with new technology, we ask what the technology can do for us."
— European Commission, Industry 5.0: Towards a Sustainable, Human-Centric and Resilient European Industry, 2021
04
Satya Nadella
CEO, Microsoft
"AI as scaffolding for human potential vs. a substitute."
— Satya Nadella, Year-End 2025 Blog (sn scratchpad)
05
Tim Cook
CEO, Apple
"I'm not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans. I'm more concerned about people thinking like computers — without values or compassion, without concern for consequences."
— Tim Cook, MIT Commencement Address, June 2017
06
Jensen Huang
CEO, NVIDIA
"Human is the new programming language."
— Jensen Huang, CEO, NVIDIA
07
Fei-Fei Li
Stanford HAI / Creator of ImageNet
"The most important use of a tool as powerful as AI is to augment humanity, not to replace it."
— Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Co-Director, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI
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Ben Shneiderman
University of Maryland / HCI Pioneer
"We should reject the idea that autonomous machines can exceed or replace any meaningful notion of human intelligence, creativity, and responsibility."
— Prof. Ben Shneiderman, Author of Human-Centered AI (Oxford University Press, 2022)
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Dario Amodei
CEO, Anthropic
"Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power, and it is deeply unclear whether our social, political, and technological systems possess the maturity to wield it."
— Dario Amodei, "The Adolescence of Technology," January 2026
Nine voices in. Fifteen more ahead. The pattern holds.
10
Gartner
2027 Agentic AI Forecast
"Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, due to escalating costs, unclear business value or inadequate risk controls."
— Gartner Research, June 2025
11
McKinsey
QuantumBlack / Agentic AI in Life Sciences
"Up to 95% of life science roles may have agentic teammates. Two-thirds will involve building, managing, and supervising agents — which they will orchestrate, tune, monitor, and maintain."
— McKinsey, Reimagining Life-Science Enterprises with Agentic AI, 2025
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Deloitte
State of AI 2026 / Trustworthy AI
"The goal isn't replacing humans — it's creating complementary working relationships where the combined output exceeds what either could achieve alone."
— Deloitte State of AI in the Enterprise 2026
13
EY
Responsible AI Framework
"Every enterprise needs to rethink its strategy and operations by putting humans at the center of transformation."
— EY.ai Platform / EY Responsible AI
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PwC
Responsible AI / 2026 AI Predictions
"When AI is high-performing, secure and compliant, with humans at the helm, people trust it enough to use it. Its outputs are reliable enough to create value."
— PwC 2025 AI Predictions Midyear Update
15
KPMG
Trusted AI / Human-Centric AI
"KPMG and Microsoft are investing in the development of AI, with a clear focus on ensuring the right infrastructure and strategies are in place to help companies embrace AI in a responsible, human-focused way."
— KPMG, "How Do We Make AI More Human-Centric?", 2024
16
TCS
AI for Business Study / WEF
"To benefit the most from AI, adaptive enterprises will apply a multilayered approach that puts humans at the centre."
— TCS AI for Business Study
17
Accenture
Human by Design
"The future will be powered by artificial intelligence but must be designed for human intelligence."
— Accenture Technology Vision 2024
18
Capgemini
Designing for Trust: Life Sciences
"Success isn't about replacing humans with machines. It's about designing AI systems that elevate human judgment."
— Capgemini, "Designing for Trust," November 2025
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Cognizant
New Work, New World 2026
"AI is not a blanket solution for advancing labor productivity: human involvement and adaptable operations continue to be vital to capturing the full value potential of AI."
— Cognizant, New Work, New World 2026
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Wipro
CTO / Tech Trends 2026
"As AI scales, human orchestration becomes the new enterprise skill. The human role will evolve from execution to orchestration."
— Sandhya Arun, CTO, Wipro
21
HCLTech
AI Force / Human-Centric AI
"Much of HCLTech's focus has been on human-centric AI — using AI to augment and support human operators. AI not as an overlay, but as core to the next generation of enterprise innovation."
— HCLTech AI / ASUG Interview, 2025
22
Indegene
Human-AI Interaction Framework
"At its core, human-centered AI in healthcare must amplify human expertise, not replace it. Human users must retain control and final decision-making authority."
— Indegene HAI Framework, 2025
23
LTTS
CEO & Managing Director
"Our focus is unwavering on embedding responsible, human-centric AI. We are committed to developing AI solutions that empower global organizations to transform their businesses and society with confidence."
— Amit Chadha, CEO & Managing Director, L&T Technology Services, 2026
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Intellectt
Industry 5.0 / Regulated Manufacturing
"When combined with digital twins, this creates the true 'brain' of a resilient, adaptive, human-centric factory. CTOs and Heads of Digital Transformation leading this shift are moving from passive monitoring to proactive, compliant decision making at scale."
— Intellectt Inc., "Agentic AI + Digital Twins: The Brain of Smart Industry 5.0," April 2026