Governance · Concept
Constitutional Coverage Trilemma in AI Governance
Audit finding frontier model default constitutions cover only a tiny fraction of plural human value demand, leaving many users homeless.
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Within-family drift further reduces autonomy while raising safety/equity emphasis.
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Open Problems in Technical AI Risk Modeling Both papers address gaps between societal risk/value demand and current technical-institutional AI governance supply.
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Perspective-Aware Framework for Reproducible ML Evaluation and Alignment Perspective-aware evaluation rejects single consensus labels, aligning with evidence that constitutional value demand is broad and plural.
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Plurality of Human Preferences for AI Systems Broad five-value user demand versus narrow drifting model constitutions leaves large user constituencies uncovered.
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Plurality of Human Preferences for AI Systems Demand for constitutional value rankings is broad while frontier supply is narrow, formalizing plurality shortfalls in defaults.
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EU AI Act timeline Aug 2025
EU AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI models applied from 2 Aug 2025; high-risk obligations under Annex III apply from 2 Aug 2026.
EU AI Act — implementation tracker → First binding treaty May 2026
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI — the first legally binding international AI treaty — opened for signature in Sep 2024; the EU ratified it on 15 May 2026.
Council of Europe → UN scientific panel Aug 2025
On 26 Aug 2025 the UN General Assembly created an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI (40 experts) and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
United Nations →