AI Risk, Ethics, Governance, and Regulation Resources
This is a list of some of the best resources on the web related to AI governance, ethics, risks and regulation. My top resources are denoted by a “**”. Though there’s lots of overlap, I suggest this order for consideration….
Risks: Resources covering the discovered, emerging and future risks related to AI – from our earth to societal and from group to individual.
Ethics: Resources (from academia, government and private sector) on the principles and boundaries that help ensure AI is built for the benefit of society.
Governance: The guidelines, methods and practices to navigate within ethical principles and boundaries to reduce risk.
Regulation: The societal laws and governing methods to hold society and especially business accountable to governance.
AI Risks
Risk Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT AI Risk Repository**
A beautifully compiled library of AI risks collected from numerous source materials. They offer a taxonomy for risks and a fun site to navigate if you want to raise your blood pressure.
The Coming Wave**
A terrific read that will probably install equal parts fear and hope. Well lauded. (Note the link goes to a site that describes the book, written by Deep Mind founder Mustafa Suleyman with Michael Bhaskar.)
National Institute of Standards and Technology – U.S. AI Safety Institute
An organization that oversees the U.S. use of AI, with a view of risk that’s centered on U.S. national and international interests. Their Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) is as good as U.S. governance gets right now.
Risk Education
I wanted to include a research that’s more learning oriented in this section, and although the following link is not as well known as other sources, I found it a really thorough and thoughtful starting place for people new to AI risks, ethics and governance:
Center for AI Safety
A non-profit that offers research, policy support and education on AI risks. The organization seems have turned to prioritizing content with their Safety Newsletter on Substack. I think their AI Safety Course Textbook is a great start for product team resources. Their course Syllabus is also well referenced.
AI Ethics
Academia
These are the academic institutions I feel are leading the conversation.
Write me if you think I’m missing one!
Australia - University of Queensland
The University of Queensland has led a significant amount of academic research related to AI, including their contribution to the MIT library of risks.
U.S. – Harvard University – Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
Very active at offering publicly available events on a range of AI ethics topics. Also partners with MIT on deep research through The Ethics and Governance of AI Initiative
U.S. – U.C. Berkely – Center for Human Compatible AI
U.K. – Cambridge – Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Cambridge continues to be a leader in AI-related education.
Germany – TUM School of Science – Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
One of the EU’s most influential think thanks on AI Ethics.
Portugal – Public / University Consortium – Center for Responsible AI
Portugal’s Center is known for the unique approach of bridging private and public interests.
Consortiums / Groups
I’m sure there are a lot of groups out there, but other than academic or private consortiums, this is the only one I’ve researched:
Private Sector - Responsible Tech
Generally speaking “Responsible Tech” is the self-proclaimed name given to the ethical AI principles and practices of technology providers. This is just a sample of publicly available information. These might be good resources if you trying to understand how other tech companies are marketing and managing themselves.
Microsoft – Responsible AI
Google – AI Responsible Principles
IBM – AI Ethics
Amazon/AWS – Responsible AI
Disappointingly, Amazon’s Responsible AI content is hidden in nested menus. I leave this here because I feel it’s a good comparison of the diverse quality from large corporate organizations. To me, the content represents a poor thoroughness by comparison to the others above.
Other resources
Montreal AI Ethics Institute**
A non-profit organization focused on International AI ethics. The organization publishes regular reports on the state of AI ethics. What they care about feels immensely human and humane.
AI Business – Responsible AI
Carefully consider the content here. It has a lot of content, but is funded by a large media organization that depends on big tech advertising for revenue.
AI Governance
Governance Resources
San Jose, California – Government AI Coalition Website**
A wonderful set of resources that should help people who are wanting to create their own framework for governance, be it guidelines, policies, procedures, etc.
Canada – Responsible Use of AI in Government
My home and native land.
United State – U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute
I’m including this here as well as above. The USAISI is involved in shaping draft legislation and advising to both congress and the executive.
Australia – Australian Government AI Policy
Recently written.
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
A non-profit created in 1914 that targets international ethical practice. They have created a Framework for International Governance of AI and regularly publish research on International AI topics.
Government guidelines and policy examples
These cities are admired for adopting or leading early AI governance.
The City of Boston, Massachusetts – Guidelines for Generative AI
The City of Seattle, Washington – Policy on AI
The City of Tempe, Arizona – Ethical AI Policy
County of Santa Cruz, California – AI Policy
A simple policy, but seems to work for them.
The City of Austin, Texas – Approach to Governance
I like how Austin shared how they were approaching the process of governance.
AI Regulation
Government Regulation
GLOBAL – Global Regulatory Tracker
If you are creating AI that you are also selling internationally, this is a critical resource (e.g. did you know that AI regulations may exist state by state in the U.S.?)
European Union – EU Artificial Intelligence Act
The most comprehensive AI legislation out there.
United States – Executive Order 2023 – Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
A complex and poorly written executive order from the US. An attempt to step in where Congress was lagging.
United States – Executive Order 2025 – Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI
A rather bombastic reduction of the previous order. This leaves the state of federal regulation in the U.S. unclear.
Technology Review – A highlight of legislative progress for AI regulation in the US
Phew. Let me know if you have come across any amazing resources!