Program II
Education · work · leadership · career transition · longevity
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An open-weight model now builds exploits at the level AI labs restricted in April. Defensive advantage depends on access to private programs and on how fast fixes reach production.
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California has signed SB 951 into law. Its AI layoff disclosures will put a public legal record beside the explanations companies give investors and staff.
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Human oversight has become the default answer to AI risk. The 2026 evidence says the capacity for scrutiny that answer assumes is eroding, and eroding fastest among the people who use AI most.
HSI Searchlight analysis on AI deskilling and the human-oversight skill gap. Ongoing research on the AI productivity paradox, comparing individual and group efficiency gains and how organizations distribute them. Forthcoming Research Briefs on capability development under automation and on cognitive performance in high-stakes decision environments.
Searchlight analysis on AI deskilling and the human-oversight skill gap is published; ongoing research examines the AI productivity paradox and how organizations distribute efficiency gains. Research Briefs under this program remain in scoping. See the research agenda for current work.