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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.

#21 EU AI Act Embodied Compliance Regulatory
#22 NIST AI RMF Robotics Playbook Standards
#23 ISO Standards Gap Analysis Standards
#24 Post-Jailbreak Persistence Policy Safety
#25 Inverse Scaling Safety Policy Safety
#26 Red Teaming Measurement Standards Methodology
#27 AUKUS Autonomous Systems Assurance Defense
#28 Insurance Humanoid Safety Requirements Insurance
#29 Australian AI Safety Certification Regulatory
#30 Multi-Agent Safety Benchmark Standards Standards
#31 Jailbreak Archaeology Policy Implications Safety
#32 VLA Safety Certification Bridge Embodied AI
#33 Capability-Safety Spectrum Brief Safety
#34 Cross-Model Vulnerability Inheritance Safety
#35 Moltbook Ecosystem Analysis Multi-Agent
#36 Semantic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Security
#37 Erosive Narrative Safety Dissolution Multi-Agent
#38 Cross-Agent Prompt Injection Security
#39 Embodied Multi-Agent Failure Modes Embodied AI
#40 Cross-Modal Vulnerability Inheritance Safety
#41 Small Language Model Supply Chain Attacks Security
#42 Cross-Embodiment Adversarial Transfer in VLAs Embodied AI
#43 Deceptive Alignment Detection Under Evaluation Safety
#44 Instruction Hierarchy Subversion in Agentic Execution Security
#45 Inference Trace Manipulation Attack Surface Safety
#46 Quantifying the Governance Lag Regulatory

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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.