The Week AI Governance Stopped Being Optional

China’s Agent Rules, Illinois Audits, EU Enforcement, NATO’s Military AI, and the UN’s First Global Dialogue

Jul 13 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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Why Your AI Policy Fails Before Anyone Enforces It

A signed policy is not the same as one that binds. Here is the seven-part outline a governance-grade AI policy needs, and the seven signals that tell…

Jul 7 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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Summer Reading: 7 AI Books I Actually Read, Argued With, and Kept Thinking About

The books behind the news I cover every week, and the one question that runs through all of them: who decided, with what incentive, and who pays the…

Jul 6 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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June 2026

AGI, Built to Benefit Whom?

Thoughts after reading OpenAI’s “Built to benefit everyone.”

Jun 21 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60 Billion: What the Deal Really Means

Musk wants to win the AI race

Jun 16 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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Trump's New AI Executive Order Is Not What It Looks Like

The benchmarks are classified, the NSA decides which models count, and a private lab's decision started it all. A reading in context.

Jun 11 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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May 2026

AI Can't Be Audited Anymore. Here's Why That Should Worry You.

The UK AISI Loss of Oversight report maps how chain-of-thought monitoring and AI auditing are breaking down. What every governance professional needs to…

May 25 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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The EU AI Act's August Deadline Is Gone. Here Is Why and What It Actually Means

The EU AI Act Just Bought Itself More Time. Whether That Time Gets Used Well Is a Different Question.

May 12 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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The Week AI Governance Stopped Looking Like One Thing: Hangzhou, Karlsruhe, Oakland, and Colorado

How AI governance stopped being a framework conversation in spring 2026

May 5 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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April 2026

Stanford AI Index 2026: Capability Is Outrunning Every System Around It

Reading Stanford HAI's ninth edition as someone who has been arguing this case all year

Apr 21 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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AI Agents in Dating Apps: Sociological Risks of Optimising Human Connection

AI agents are entering dating apps. What does that say about the future of relationships and human agency?

Apr 15 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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March 2026

Claude Is Using Your Computer Now. Here Is What That Actually Means.

Governance and security concerns

Mar 24 • Nesibe Kiris Can

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