Inquiries

Where AI Is Governed

Where AI governance language acquires enforceable cost, and which institutions do the converting.

Completed · October 2026Technology · Governance

This inquiry followed AI governance from international commitments to the places where it binds: access to computing capacity, procurement, insurance, standards, and existing law. Horizon Scan 002 compared legislation and enforcement across seven major regimes and set out four priorities for institutional leaders.

The London Salon at the Royal Society tested the Scan with twenty-two participants. Questions from the salon carry forward into the Human Agency inquiry and its Tokyo Salon.

Status
Completed · October 2026
Domains
Technology · Governance
Why more than one
Commitments are made between states, but they take effect through regulators, standards bodies, buyers, and insurers inside each jurisdiction.
Convening
London Salon · October 7, 2026 · The Royal Society
Contributors
Gloria Chen, Ashwin Telang, Oscar Tirabassi, Avisikta Sinha, Vivianne Manlai, Inaaya Firoz, Hernando Liu
Funding
Supported from the Institute’s general funds. Organizations interested in supporting this inquiry can read about partnerships.

Publications

The First Head Start Is Over: AI Cyber Defense Now Depends on Who Obtains AccessGloria ChenSearchlight 028
October 9, 2026AI GovernanceHorizon Search InstituteHorizon Scan 002
September 2026 · Revised October 2026Who Gains and Who Pays When AI Labs Agree to Slow DownAshwin TelangSearchlight 026
September 25, 2026How Claude's New Watermark Works, and What December 2 Will Ask of ItOscar TirabassiSearchlight 025
September 18, 2026Where Uncertainty is Overlooked: Interaction Risk in India’s Digital-Welfare and Policing InfrastructureAvisikta SinhaSearchlight 024
September 11, 2026Misbehavior in the Evaluation Environment Is Now the Safety ProblemVivianne ManlaiSearchlight 023
September 4, 2026France Forces the AI Search Licensing QuestionInaaya FirozSearchlight 021
August 21, 2026When the Vendor Becomes the RegulatorGloria ChenSearchlight 013
June 19, 2026The Filter and the File: How the EU Just Redrew High-Risk AI ClassificationAshwin TelangSearchlight 012
June 5, 2026Four AI Regimes, Zero Coordination: The Compliance Premium of 2026Hernando LiuSearchlight 011
May 22, 2026