Brookings' running collection of technology and innovation research, including AI policy, labour effects and governance. Free to read.
Why I recommend it: A steady source of policy research when you want something more careful than news coverage. Brookings is a think tank with its own funders and viewpoints.
Read / subscribe freeA Brookings report outlining a four-part policy framework (brakes, steers, buffers, and shifts) for supporting workers as AI changes jobs.
Brookings on workforce policy and AI.
In plain terms: Brookings sets out workforce policy options for helping workers adjust to AI.
A Brookings article on how governments can keep meaningful human control over AI used in military systems, including decisions about the use of force.
Darrell M. West argues that AI agents and robots in the workplace will reshape jobs, HR functions and the social contract with workers. Free to read.
From the site: Darrell M. West explains how AI agents and robots are reshaping jobs, HR departments, and society's social contract with workers.
Why I recommend it: A useful piece for thinking about how AI changes the job itself, not just whether the job exists. It is an argument, not data.
A Brookings analysis of how traditional labor market data is being challenged and reshaped by the frontier economy.
Why I recommend it: Labor market data is shifting fast. This Brookings piece helps you understand what is really happening beneath the headlines.
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A public petition calling for a supranational body with the power to prevent AI-driven extinction risks and to share the wealth AI creates broadly. The site lays out the proposal and lists signatory organizations; signing is optional to read it.
An essay by Scott Alexander on LessWrong comparing plans for navigating the AI transition, arguing for working toward a long global pause on AI development over plans in which leading AI companies race and then briefly pause among themselves.
BetaNYC’s organizational AI governance policy describes its approach to adopting, using, and developing AI tools, including off-the-shelf tools and systems built with code or APIs. Version 1.1 was last reviewed September 6, 2026. This is BetaNYC’s policy, not a legal standard or general legal advice.
The final text of the Frontier AI Act, a piece of federal legislation addressing oversight of frontier artificial intelligence systems, as published by the office of Rep. Jay Obernolte.
A report from the Center for Digital Thriving distinguishing between written AI policies and the practical playbooks organizations and schools need to put those policies into everyday practice, with guidance on closing that gap.
