Basil C. Puglisi — Digital Strategy and AI
Personal site of Basil C. Puglisi, MPA, author of Governing AI and creator of the Factics method. Free essays and frameworks on AI governance, AI literacy and measurable digital strategy.
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Personal site of Basil C. Puglisi, MPA, author of Governing AI and creator of the Factics method. Free essays and frameworks on AI governance, AI literacy and measurable digital strategy.
Topic brief from the nonprofit Learn & Work Ecosystem Library on how governments and organizations are developing AI laws and policies affecting workplaces, learning, credentialing and government services.
Future of Privacy Forum explainer on Connecticut SB 5, the 39-section AI bill signed by Governor Lamont, summarizing its new requirements across several areas of AI policy.
Home page of NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation, the U.S. government office working with industry on AI measurement, evaluations and standards.
An op-ed arguing that the U.S. and China need to talk about self-spreading malicious software before AI makes such attacks easier to build. A readable introduction to why computer worms are back in the policy conversation.
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations' intervention at a UN Security Council meeting on artificial intelligence and international security, setting out the U.S. position on how AI should be governed in the security sphere. Note: the mission site blocks automated checks, so this description is based on the page title and context rather than a fresh read.
Why I recommend it: Governments are writing the rules for AI in real time. Reading one primary statement like this beats ten opinion pieces about what governments might do.
Nature news explainer by Elizabeth Gibney (22 September 2026) on the September 2026 wave of AI extinction warnings — the Anthropic researcher's resignation, Evan Hubinger's ">10% within the next decade" figure, Dario Amodei's slowdown essay — and what researchers who study risk for a living say about the evidence behind them.
Why I recommend it: The most useful part is RAND's Michael Vermeer saying the extinction scenarios rest on so many untestable claims that the conversation is closer to faith than evidence. Read it before repeating any percentage you see on social media — those numbers are personal estimates, not measurements.
An independent group of nine mathematicians — including Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Edward Witten, Ravi Vakil and Melanie Matchett Wood — formed to advise AI companies on how mathematical results produced by AI models should be presented and released. The site states its purpose, its members, and its current task: advising OpenAI on how to release a large batch of mathematical results the company says its internal model produced. There is an open form for anyone in the mathematical community to send input.
Why I recommend it: Free, and short enough to read in five minutes — a good example of what independent oversight looks like when it is written down. Read their own two caveats rather than mine: members take no payment and the group is independent of any AI company, but they also say plainly that they hold no decision-making power, so the companies remain free to ignore them. The group formed after OpenAI approached some members about an in-house advisory board and they chose to sit outside it instead.
Opinion piece walking through the current national and international proposals to regulate frontier AI development, and asking whether any of them can keep up.
Why I recommend it: Free to read. Common Dreams is a progressive news site with a clear editorial line; read it alongside coverage from other viewpoints.
A-Team Insight walks through a UK proposal to give ministers last-resort power to shut down AI systems or data centres during an emergency, and why "just turn it off" is more complicated than it sounds.
Why I recommend it: Free to read. Written for financial-tech readers but the AI-governance points apply widely.
A short joint statement issued in September 2026 by heads of state and government — launched by President Alexander Stubb of Finland and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway, with 22 leaders from 20 countries signed on at launch. It asks for three things: mandatory pre-deployment testing and independent evaluation by qualified evaluators with real access; coordinated common standards and shared reporting of serious safety incidents, with scientific capacity available to countries in every region; and for UN member states to explore an international institution that could set standards, verify compliance and convene states when capability thresholds are crossed.
Why I recommend it: Read this as the primary source rather than someone's summary of it — it is one page, in plain language, and you can read the whole thing in three minutes. Two things worth noticing: it is a political appeal, not a law or a treaty, so nothing in it binds any company today; and the United States and China are not among the signatories, which matters given where the frontier labs are. Useful if you are writing or interviewing about AI policy and want to quote what governments actually asked for, dated September 2026.
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.
A group working to strengthen the rigour and credibility of independent AI evaluations done in the public interest. Free to read.
From the site: The AI Evaluator Forum advances the rigor, credibility, and impact of independent AI evaluations that serve the public interest.
Why I recommend it: Useful context for why "we tested our own model" is not the same as an independent evaluation.
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.
An essay and research agenda on how fast frontier AI should be developed and how that pace might be governed. Free to read in full.
From the site: How to think about how to pace
Why I recommend it: Short and argumentative — read it as one position in the pace-of-AI debate, not a settled conclusion.
Non-profit working on risks from advanced technology, publishing policy work, the AI Safety Index, open letters and a large free podcast and newsletter archive.
From the site: FLI works on reducing extreme risks from transformative technologies. We are best known for developing the Asilomar AI governance principles.
Why I recommend it: Their AI Safety Index is the most readable scorecard of what the big labs actually do about safety. They campaign, so read the policy pages as arguments.
Oxford research group on AI governance, publishing open papers and briefings on regulation, compute governance and international coordination.
Why I recommend it: The clearest writing anywhere on how AI rules might actually be enforced. Start with their briefings, not the full papers.
A company building governed, verifiable agentic infrastructure for enterprise systems, with free research and publications on its site.
From the site: Emergence builds mission-critical agentic infrastructure for enterprise. Verified, governed AI agents that plan, reason, and act across the most complex systems.
Why I recommend it: Their research and reports are free to read; the platform itself is an enterprise product, so treat the writing as the resource here.
A free report from Emergence AI surveying agentic AI in enterprise settings — where agents are being deployed and what governs them.
Why I recommend it: Read it as an industry vendor's view of where agent work is going, useful context if you're targeting AI roles.
The Argument essay arguing that much of the current AI debate misreads the problem: delegating decisions is the intended feature, not an accident, and that reframing should change how we govern it.
Why I recommend it: Read this alongside the optimistic AI takes — holding both views is what makes you sound credible on the topic.
Multi-stakeholder nonprofit coalition of tech companies and civil society organizations shaping best practices and public dialogue on AI's benefits and risks.
In plain terms: This nonprofit website shares research and guidelines on artificial intelligence from tech companies and community organizations. You can explore free reports and frameworks to learn how AI affects the economy, workplace practices, and technology safety.
Why I recommend it: Where industry and civil society actually sit at the same table.
Global foundation committed to social justice, funding technology initiatives that promote equity, inclusion, and accountable AI governance.
In plain terms: This global foundation funds organizations and individuals working on social issues, workers' rights, and technology. You can search for grant opportunities, apply for fellowship programs, and read research reports on the future of work.
Why I recommend it: A major funder of public-interest technology work worth tracking.