Policy & governance reading
The twelve documents and feeds that, together, explain why AI regulation looks the way it does in 2026.
Start with the actual legal texts (EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF) before reading commentary. The commentary makes much more sense once you have read the underlying rules.
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EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689)
ReportEuropean Parliament & Council · 2024The first comprehensive horizontal AI law from a major jurisdiction.
Why read this. Sets the global compliance baseline.
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NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0
ReportNIST · 2023Voluntary US framework for managing AI risks.
Why read this. The reference governance framework most US enterprises follow.
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NIST Generative AI Profile (AI 600-1)
ReportNIST · 2024Companion profile applying the AI RMF to generative systems.
Why read this. The how-to layer on top of the AI RMF.
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OECD AI Principles
ReportOECD · 2019, updated 2024Inter-governmental principles adopted by over 40 countries.
Why read this. Reference text that almost every national strategy cites.
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Seoul Frontier AI Safety Commitments
ReportAI Seoul Summit · 2024Voluntary commitments by 16 leading labs to publish capability thresholds and safety policies.
Why read this. The current voluntary baseline for frontier labs.
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Computing Power and the Governance of AI
PaperSastry et al. · 2024Survey of compute as a governance lever.
Why read this. Best primer on why FLOPs thresholds keep appearing in regulation.
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CSET: Decoding Intentions
ReportCSET · 2023Analysis of how China's AI ambitions are formed and signalled.
Why read this. Counterweight to Western-centric coverage.
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Ada Lovelace Institute: Regulating AI in the UK
ReportAda Lovelace Institute · 2023Independent analysis of UK foundation-model policy.
Why read this. Clear-eyed look at the limits of sector-by-sector regulation.
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Brookings AI Governance series
SiteBrookings Institution · ongoingSteady stream of policy analysis from a mainline US think-tank.
Why read this. Single best feed for US AI policy news.
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GovAI research
SiteCentre for the Governance of AI · ongoingIndependent research focused specifically on the governance of transformative AI.
Why read this. Bridges technical and policy communities.
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Open Problems in Cooperative AI
PaperDafoe et al. · 2020Research agenda for AI systems that cooperate with humans and each other.
Why read this. The neglected complement to alignment.
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International Governance of AI: Lessons from Other Domains
PaperTrager et al. · 2023Comparative analysis of nuclear, aviation, and biotech governance regimes.
Why read this. Tempers wishful thinking about a new global institution.