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Two Speeds of Governance: Authority Locks In as Deadlines Slip | 09.16.26
This week's briefing turns on a contrast in institutional posture. NSPM-11 hands the U.S. national security enterprise a four-pillar mandate—Adoption, Adaptation, Assurance, Accountability—that locks autonomous weapons systems under explicit human sign-off even as it accelerates deployment. Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index confirms what practitioners have felt all year: AI capability is outrunning the institutions built to govern it, with documented incidents nearly doubling. Meanwhile, the EU's Digital Omnibus quietly pushes key high-risk AI Act obligations out to December 2027 and August 2028…
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