A teaching map · interactive · two views
How frontier AI is actually governed today.
Six layers across the rows, METR's nine common elements as an orthogonal filter. Click a layer chip to see what it does and how it connects. Click a coverage category to see which mechanisms address it — and which don't.
The map organises by who acts, not what they regulate: the EU AI Act sits in Layer 2 (statute), the EU AI Office in Layer 6 (the institution enforcing it). Hover any layer label for a fuller definition.
39
mechanisms mapped
17
voluntary or norm-only
8
binding with penalties
9
coverage categories
Color
Layer 1
International
Multilateral norms and summits
Layer 2
National regulation
Statutes, executive orders, agencies
Layer 3
Sub-national
US states filling the federal gap
Layer 4
Industry voluntary
Cross-firm commitments and codes
Layer 5
Corporate self-governance
Frontier safety frameworks at each lab
Layer 6
Infrastructure
Regulators, AISIs, evaluators, compute controls
Click any mechanism to see what it does, which of the nine elements it covers, and how it connects.
US fed
US state
EU
UK
China
Other Asia
Multilateral
Corporate
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