Researcher testing an augmented-reality interface for collaborative interaction with industrial robot arms at NIST.
Human and robot teaming. Image: S. Bagchi/NIST.

How institutions govern AI and adjacent emerging technologies as systems become more autonomous, adaptive, and embedded in consequential decisions. The work examines accountability, organizational design, deployment governance, and the institutional capabilities required when static rules are no longer enough.

The work starts from a structural premise: the systems built for predictable, point-in-time AI are not enough for agentic systems and continuous-oversight regimes. The gap is institutional more than regulatory. Closing it means reorganizing model risk, compliance, technology, and legal functions into integrated governance that runs on a different clock than the traditional examination cycle.

Publications

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The Autonomy Clause: How Congress Defined AI Border Towers Before Proving They WorkInaaya FirozSearchlight 031
October 30, 2026
U.S. Hurricane Warnings Now Rely on Google’s AI. Who Answers When the Model Misses?Ashwin TelangSearchlight 030
October 23, 2026
Who May an AI Tell? Escalation Authority Has Become a Product SettingAvisikta Sinha · Human AgencySearchlight 029
October 16, 2026
The First Head Start Is Over: AI Cyber Defense Now Depends on Who Obtains AccessGloria Chen · Where AI Is GovernedSearchlight 028
October 9, 2026
One Chain: Disclosure and Accountability in AI CommerceAshwin Telang, Avisikta Sinha and Samuel Marson · AI in Regulated InstitutionsResearch Brief 003
October 4, 2026
Companies Blaming AI for Layoffs Will Have to Say So on the RecordAshwin Telang · Human AgencySearchlight 027
October 2, 2026
AI GovernanceHorizon Search Institute · Where AI Is GovernedHorizon Scan 002
September 2026 · Revised October 2026
Who Gains and Who Pays When AI Labs Agree to Slow DownAshwin Telang · Where AI Is GovernedSearchlight 026
September 25, 2026
How Claude's New Watermark Works, and What December 2 Will Ask of ItOscar Tirabassi · Where AI Is GovernedSearchlight 025
September 18, 2026
Misbehavior in the Evaluation Environment Is Now the Safety ProblemVivianne Manlai · Where AI Is GovernedSearchlight 023
September 4, 2026
Medical Boards Move First on Autonomous AIAshwin Telang · AI in Regulated InstitutionsSearchlight 020
August 14, 2026
Proof of Work: Mathematicians and AIRonan Amir · Human AgencySearchlight 019
August 7, 2026
The Crumple Zone: Accountability in Financial Services When AI Agents Act on Their OwnAshwin Telang · AI in Regulated InstitutionsResearch Brief 002
July 2026
The Borrowed Conscience: What Banks Inherit Running on Silicon Valley’s JudgmentAshwin Telang · AI in Regulated InstitutionsSearchlight 015
July 10, 2026
The Clean Winner Bank: How Risk Discipline Becomes a Competitive Edge in AI & Financial InstitutionsAshwin Telang · AI in Regulated InstitutionsResearch Brief 001
June 5, 2026
AI Governance in Regulated IndustriesCynthia Chen and Ashwin Telang · AI in Regulated InstitutionsHorizon Scan 001
May 2026 · Second edition August 2026
The AI Coverage Cliff: What 2026 Renewals Will RevealAshwin Telang · AI in Regulated InstitutionsSearchlight 010
May 8, 2026