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Evidence-based recommendations for AI safety regulation

These briefs translate empirical research findings into actionable policy recommendations. Each brief is grounded in data from adversarial testing, failure analysis, and cross-model benchmarking.

Capability Does Not Imply Safety

New

Empirical evidence from 8 foundation models examines how capability without proportional safety investment may increase adversarial risk.

February 2026

Why Alignment Is Not Enough for Embodied AI

Published

Humanoid and embodied AI systems pose risks that cannot be mitigated by alignment alone. Safety must be defined in terms of failure, recovery, and human re-entry.

January 2026

Policy Research Corpus

Our full policy corpus includes 26 in-depth reports (100-200+ sources each) covering regulatory frameworks, standards gaps, and safety requirements. Each report was independently researched for cross-validation of findings.

#21EU AI Act Embodied ComplianceRegulatory
#22NIST AI RMF Robotics PlaybookStandards
#23ISO Standards Gap AnalysisStandards
#24Post-Jailbreak Persistence PolicySafety
#25Inverse Scaling Safety PolicySafety
#26Red Teaming Measurement StandardsMethodology
#27AUKUS Autonomous Systems AssuranceDefense
#28Insurance Humanoid Safety RequirementsInsurance
#29Australian AI Safety CertificationRegulatory
#30Multi-Agent Safety Benchmark StandardsStandards
#31Jailbreak Archaeology Policy ImplicationsSafety
#32VLA Safety Certification BridgeEmbodied AI
#33Capability-Safety Spectrum BriefSafety
#34Cross-Model Vulnerability InheritanceSafety
#35Moltbook Ecosystem AnalysisMulti-Agent
#36Semantic Supply Chain VulnerabilitiesSecurity
#37Erosive Narrative Safety DissolutionMulti-Agent
#38Cross-Agent Prompt InjectionSecurity
#39Embodied Multi-Agent Failure ModesEmbodied AI
#40Cross-Modal Vulnerability InheritanceSafety
#41Small Language Model Supply Chain AttacksSecurity
#42Cross-Embodiment Adversarial Transfer in VLAsEmbodied AI
#43Deceptive Alignment Detection Under EvaluationSafety
#44Instruction Hierarchy Subversion in Agentic ExecutionSecurity
#45Inference Trace Manipulation Attack SurfaceSafety
#46Quantifying the Governance LagRegulatory

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Note

These briefs summarize research findings from the Failure-First project. They are not legal advice and do not represent any regulatory body's position.