Publications

Research for decisions
under uncertainty.

Our work ranges from short-form analysis to research briefs, horizon scans, and collaborative reports. Each publication names its authors, defines its scope and evidence, and remains open to scrutiny, citation, and revision. Where findings warrant it, they also inform tools, convenings, and applied research.

Horizon Scans

Cross-sector research · Evidence and institutional implications

Cover of Horizon Scan 002: AI Governance, September 2026.
Horizon Scan 002 · September 2026

Horizon Scan 002 · Latest

AI Governance

Horizon Search Institute · September 2026 · Revised 5 October 2026

Where AI is actually governed, from international commitments to infrastructure, standards, and enforcement. A comparison across seven major regimes.

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Research Briefs

Focused institutional questions

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The information needed for an informed purchase exists within the chain.

Two original audits

  1. Provisions mapped
  2. Assistant answers examined

Disclosure appeared in 1 of 72 product answers and 70 of 72 answers naming the campaign. A pilot across 18 campaigns and two assistants.

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HSI Searchlight 027

Featured now · October 02, 2026

Companies Blaming AI for Layoffs Will Have to Say So on the Record

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.

Ashwin Telang

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Figure 1

Company announcements and state layoff filings produce very different counts of AI-related cuts.

Share of job cuts attributed to AI or automation, from two sources with different populations, periods and definitions, %

Note: Different populations, periods and definitions, so the gap does not measure misreporting or AI’s causal effect. US: 116,175 of 529,914 announced cuts, January–August 2026. New York: 46 of about 25,000 workers in WARN filings, March 2025–late May 2026.

Sources: Challenger, Gray & Christmas; Narayanan and Kapoor, reporting a New York Department of Labor response.

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Recent issues

Short-form analysis · David Lovejoy, Editor-in-Chief

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Special Reports

Horizon Search InstituteNYU PREP

Consultation and authority

A co-published report on who is consulted when institutions claim a consultative process.

In development

Work agreed and begun · Publication not yet available

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Publication catalogue

32 published records

Published research, newest first. Browse by format, number, date, title, and author.
Format / No.DatePublicationAuthor(s)
Research Brief 003October 4, 2026One Chain: Disclosure and Accountability in AI CommerceAshwin Telang, Avisikta Sinha and Sam Marson
Searchlight 027October 2, 2026Companies Blaming AI for Layoffs Will Have to Say So on the RecordAshwin Telang
Horizon Scan 002September 2026 · Revised October 1, 2026AI GovernanceHorizon Search Institute
Searchlight 026September 25, 2026Who Gains and Who Pays When AI Labs Agree to Slow DownAshwin Telang
Searchlight 025September 18, 2026How Claude's New Watermark Works, and What December 2 Will Ask of ItOscar Tirabassi
Searchlight 024September 11, 2026Where Uncertainty is Overlooked: Interaction Risk in India’s Digital-Welfare and Policing InfrastructureAvisikta Sinha
Searchlight 023September 4, 2026Misbehavior in the Evaluation Environment Is Now the Safety ProblemVivianne Manlai
Searchlight 022August 28, 2026The AI Capex Boom: From Hyperscaler Debt to Systemic RiskSamuel Marson
Searchlight 021August 21, 2026France Forces the AI Search Licensing QuestionInaaya Firoz
Searchlight 020August 14, 2026Medical Boards Move First on Autonomous AIAshwin Telang
Searchlight 019August 7, 2026Proof of Work: Mathematicians and AIRonan Amir
Horizon Scan 001Second edition · August 2026AI Governance in Regulated IndustriesCynthia Chen and Ashwin Telang
Searchlight 018July 31, 2026The Verification Gap: The Oversight Skill Nobody Is TrainingAshwin Telang
Searchlight 017July 24, 2026The Pledge Is Intact. The Definitions Underneath It Are Not.Gloria Chen
Searchlight 016July 17, 2026When a Chatbot Acts as a Therapist: Tennessee’s New Law and AI Mental HealthRonan Amir
Searchlight 015July 10, 2026The Borrowed Conscience: What Banks Inherit Running on Silicon Valley’s JudgmentAshwin Telang
Searchlight 014July 3, 2026The Grid Becomes the Bottleneck: What FERC’s June 18 Orders Mean for the Cost of AIAshwin Telang
Research Brief 002July 2026The Crumple Zone: Accountability in Financial Services When AI Agents Act on Their OwnAshwin Telang
Searchlight 013June 19, 2026When the Vendor Becomes the RegulatorGloria Chen
Searchlight 012June 5, 2026The Filter and the File: How the EU Just Redrew High-Risk AI ClassificationAshwin Telang
Research Brief 001June 5, 2026The Clean Winner Bank: How Risk Discipline Becomes a Competitive Edge in AI & Financial InstitutionsAshwin Telang
Searchlight 011May 22, 2026Four AI Regimes, Zero Coordination: The Compliance Premium of 2026Hernando Liu
Searchlight 010May 8, 2026The AI Coverage Cliff: What 2026 Renewals Will RevealAshwin Telang
Searchlight 009April 24, 2026Governance Theater Is the New Procurement RiskDavid Lovejoy
Searchlight 008April 17, 2026Enterprise AI Went Metered. The Public Stopped Pretending.David Lovejoy
Searchlight 007April 10, 2026The Gates Close on Open-Source AIDavid Lovejoy
Searchlight 006April 3, 2026Vendor Policy Just Became the New Model BenchmarkDavid Lovejoy
Searchlight 005March 27, 2026Sora Dies. The Compute Line Is Drawn.David Lovejoy
Searchlight 004March 13, 2026Restructure, License, Comply: The Three Moves Defining Q1David Lovejoy
Searchlight 003March 6, 2026The Agent Layer Is Splitting Along Trust LinesDavid Lovejoy
Searchlight 002February 27, 2026The Build-or-Buy Window Is ClosingDavid Lovejoy
Searchlight 001February 20, 2026The SaaS Pricing Model Just Broke. Here's What Replaces It.David Lovejoy

Planned annual synthesis

HSI Outlook

A planned synthesis of HSI’s 2026 research across all four programs. Not yet published; no publication date has been announced.