The approver is the target: how the human in the loop gets steered
Your Approval Step Is the Attack Surface
Washington Post reporting in September 2026 said American and Russian negotiators struck a human-review requirement for AI-developed military targets from a draft UN text. Treating that deletion as occasion rather than subject, this brief asks what a human approval step must have before it controls an automated system, whether that system selects targets or sends wires. Built from the Geneva reporting, exploit research on agent approval dialogs and human-factors literature. For principals and staff who approve what AI assistants do.
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