Pillar 05

Governance & ethics

Who decides what AI does, on whose authority, with what accountability. Translated into plain language.

EU AI Act

Risk tiers, obligations, timelines, what it actually does.

US executive orders & NIST

Federal direction, voluntary frameworks, sector rules.

International coordination

G7, OECD, UN AI Advisory — what's binding, what's signalling.

Industry self-governance

Model cards, evals, red-teaming, safety institutes.

Ethics frameworks

Fairness, accountability, transparency. Real definitions, real tradeoffs.

Accountability mechanisms

Audits, redress, whistleblower protections, public-interest journalism.