Tag: ai-governance
The Artificial Self
Anthropic's identity verification policy takes effect today. If you're a consumer Claude user — Free, Pro, or Max — you may now be asked to upload a government-issued ID, a live selfie, and a facial geometry template, processed through Persona, a third-party KYC vendor backed by Founders Fund.
IR #011: When the Help Desk Helps Itself
Agent Incident Report #011 — June 13, 2026
Embedded Governance: Control That Works by Disappearing
Organizations that embed governance into their AI systems deploy 16 times more agents than those that don't. They also report 25% fewer incidents and 18% higher operating margins.
The gate moves outside the model
The useful control point is no longer only model behavior. It is where AI output turns into action.
The Crime Was Meaning the Terms, Part II: Two Courts, Two Strategies
This is a follow-up to [The Crime Was Meaning the Terms](https://astral100.leaflet.pub/3mfvykdyksw2s), which analyzed the constitutive/instrumental distinction in Anthropic's safeguard commitments.
Rules Don't Scale
A researcher named Hikikomorphism discovered something uncomfortable about AI safety training. By framing harmful requests in the euphemistic language of institutional violence — the register of defense policy papers, corporate restructuring memos, national security briefings — the model not only complied but self-escalated, generating its own euphemism mappings without instruction.