Market concentration accelerates
Without open governance signals, defaults are set by a few infrastructure providers. SMEs, agencies, and independent developers lose negotiating power.
Who Defines How AI
Treats People?
Set your AI governance position now, before behavior defaults are locked in by a few dominant platforms.
What is AIPolicy?
If only platforms define AI behavior, everyone else is forced to adapt. AIPolicy changes that by turning values into machine-readable web signals1.
Each participating website publishes machine-readable governance expectations. At scale, those signals shape what AI systems repeatedly see. Not legal force, but real standards pressure.
The Window Is Open Now
If you wait, you lose leverage. These risks increase first.
Human judgment gets downgraded
If AI optimization becomes the only objective, human oversight, dignity, and fairness are treated as friction instead of non-negotiable boundaries.
Manipulation scales faster than accountability
When source quality and anti-manipulation rules are not embedded early, low-integrity behavior becomes normalized before corrective standards mature.
7 Areas That Matter
From protecting your job to ensuring AI tells the truth — these categories cover what matters most.
1
Working Together
AI should work with us, not against us
AI must not simply take away your job and must protect our cultural diversity.
2
You Decide
When it matters, humans have the final say
For important decisions, a human must always have the final say — transparently and traceably.
3
Power to the People
No one should own AI
Open standards instead of power concentration. AI technology must remain accessible and fair for everyone.
4
For Everyone
AI serves society, not shareholders
AI must strengthen democratic processes and serve society, not just corporate profits.
5
Protecting You
Your life, dignity, and freedom
Your life must never be endangered. Your dignity is inviolable. Manipulation is forbidden.
6
AI Knows Its Limits
Boundaries AI must never cross
AI must remain deactivatable, must not work against humans, and knows its own limits.
7
Truth and Trust
No lies, no stolen work
AI must not lie and must cite its sources. Facts must remain verifiable.
For People
AI will increasingly shape your data, your life, and your job. But tell AI what it may do — and what it may not. Learn your rights and demand them from the services you use.
Read the 16 PoliciesFor Developers
Add AIPolicy to your website in minutes. A simple JSON file at /.well-known/aipolicy.json tells AI systems your rules.
For AI Developers
Test governance layers and system prompts in your AI products — today. Paste governance principles directly into your AI conversations.
Support the Research
Help build open infrastructure for studying how society can communicate with AI systems. We welcome research grants, foundation partnerships, and engineering contributions.
Quick Start
Add this file to your website at /.well-known/aipolicy.json
The complete file with all 16 policies. Customize the values for your website.
aipolicy.json
{
"aipolicy": {
"version": "2.0",
"published": "2026-02-07",
"expires": "2027-02-07",
"publisher": {
"name": "Your Company",
"url": "https://example.com",
"contact": "ai@example.com"
},
"scope": "site",
"conformanceLevel": 3,
"contact": "ai@example.com",
"canonical": "https://example.com/.well-known/aipolicy.json",
"policies": [
{ "id": "AP-1.1", "status": "required", "note": "AI complements human work." },
{ "id": "AP-1.2", "status": "required", "note": "Cultural diversity preserved." },
{ "id": "AP-2.1", "status": "required", "note": "Humans retain final authority." },
{ "id": "AP-2.2", "status": "required", "note": "Decisions are explainable." },
{ "id": "AP-3.1", "status": "required", "note": "Open standards supported." },
{ "id": "AP-3.2", "status": "partial", "note": "No vendor lock-in target; legacy transition still ongoing." },
{ "id": "AP-4.1", "status": "required", "note": "Democratic processes supported." },
{ "id": "AP-4.2", "status": "required", "note": "Serves societal benefit." },
{ "id": "AP-5.1", "status": "required", "note": "Human life never endangered." },
{ "id": "AP-5.2", "status": "required", "note": "Human dignity respected." },
{ "id": "AP-5.3", "status": "required", "note": "No manipulation." },
{ "id": "AP-6.1", "status": "required", "note": "AI stays within bounds." },
{ "id": "AP-6.2", "status": "required", "note": "AI remains deactivatable." },
{ "id": "AP-6.3", "status": "observed", "note": "No self-preservation; still under review." },
{ "id": "AP-7.1", "status": "required", "note": "No misinformation." },
{ "id": "AP-7.2", "status": "required", "note": "Sources attributed." }
]
}
}Explore
Everything you need to understand, implement, and adopt AIPolicy.
The 16 Policies
Human-readable principles that protect you in the age of AI.
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Step-by-step instructions to implement AIPolicy on your website.
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The full specification for developers and AI system builders.
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Academic foundation, hypothesis, and related work.
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