Innovation
Jul 13, 2026
AI governance must account for everything from the technology’s material requirements to its effects on communities, businesses, labor markets, the environment, and strategic competition. To this end, a framework of verification-based trust—broader than national regulation and more flexible than a classic treaty—is essential.
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www.project-syndicate.org
MADRID—One way to represent the AI age is with a steep curve and a gradual slope. The curve rises almost vertically: models rapidly grow cheaper, more powerful, more accessible, and more deeply embedded in production, science, education, finance, administration, security, and war. Beneath it, the slope moves on a far shallower incline. This is the capacity of society to absorb change.