in the loop

Idioms  

1. Provided with information and included in a decision-making process. For example, She's new to the board, but be sure to keep her in the loop. This expression uses loop in the sense of “a circle of individuals among whom information or responsibility circulates.” The antonym out of the loop, meaning “left out of such a circle,” dates from the same period. For example, The chairman was consistently leaving Chris out of the loop. [1970s]

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Example Sentences

“As we see numerous companies reach commercialization of fully autonomous solutions … we expect humans to remain in the loop in several ways,” Rusch added.

From MarketWatch

Keep your doctors and pharmacies in the loop on your full medication list.

From Barron's

It says AI must be co-designed with people who use care services and that "a human in the loop" should always oversee decisions, with strong safeguards in place.

From BBC

Palantir, unlike Anthropic, does not support a blanket ban on autonomous weapons, but says there should be a "human in the loop".

From BBC

Yet, the Pentagon sees the potential for autonomous weapons—with a human in the loop, as officials stress—as important to national security, given the advances seen in drone technology in places such as Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal