The Future of Global AI Governance
What to Expect?

This report offers a first-of-its-kind perspective on global artificial intelligence (AI) governance that combines the legal expertise of the world’s largest law firm, Dentons, the AI acumen of VERSES and guidance on socio-technical standards from the Spatial Web Foundation.

It introduces a groundbreaking generation of socio-technical standards that will help drive the global discourse on AI governance. New socio-technical standards can reshape how we confront the challenges of governing AI on a global scale by addressing interoperability, explainability, and the exponential advancement of AI systems toward greater intelligence and autonomy.

In addition, the report proposes an AI rating system that ranks the levels of intelligence and autonomy exhibited and provides potential corresponding governance frameworks at each level while addressing fundamental questions like: 

• How can governments regulate AI systems that are on a path to regulating themselves?
• How can humans stay in the loop to ensure AI alignment with our values, principles and laws, while guaranteeing fair and equitable services for all individuals and communities?
• How do we encode and enforce AI laws directly in AI systems themselves?

This report aspires to pioneer a fresh approach for legal practitioners, government regulators and lawmakers, to both keep pace with the rapid technological advancements and guide their adaptation.

• For your convenience, we’ve provided access to both the executive summary and “The Future of Global AI Governance,” below.