Hacker News with Generative AI: Governance

British naval dominance during the age of sail (lesswrong.com)
The other day I discussed how high monitoring costs can explain the emergence of “aristocratic” systems of governance:

History, Naval Warfare, British History, Governance

110 points by surprisetalk 7 days ago | 85 comments

AI Agents Must Follow the Law (lawfaremedia.org)
Before entrusting AI agents with government power, it’s essential to verify that they’ll obey the law—even when instructed not to.

Artificial Intelligence, Law, Governance, Ethics

20 points by EA-3167 9 days ago | 11 comments

Reimagining Democracy (schneier.com)
Imagine that all of us—all of society—have landed on some alien planet and need to form a government: clean slate. We do not have any legacy systems from the United States or any other country. We do not have any special or unique interests to perturb our thinking. How would we govern ourselves?

Democracy, Governance, Political Systems, Social Sciences

36 points by cratermoon 27 days ago | 12 comments

Petition to the Open Source Initiative: Publish the Full 2025 Election Results (codeberg.org)
We, the undersigned, petition the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to release the complete, unaltered results of its 2025 Board of Directors elections. We believe that by removing candidates and votes after voting concluded, OSI has damaged its credibility. We call for transparency as a first step toward repairing OSI's integrity and reputation.

Open Source, Transparency, Elections, Governance

88 points by richardfontana 29 days ago | 57 comments

Petition to Open Source Initiative to publish 2025 Board election results (codeberg.org)
We, the undersigned, petition the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to release the complete, unaltered results of its 2025 Board of Directors elections. We believe that by removing candidates and votes after voting concluded, OSI has damaged its credibility. We call for transparency as a first step toward repairing OSI's integrity and reputation.

Open Source, Transparency, Governance, Elections

35 points by luu 35 days ago | 0 comments

How to Structure a B2B Marketplace Venture (sloanreview.mit.edu)
Companies preparing to launch platform-based marketplaces must think through the implications of organizational and governance choices.

B2B, Marketplaces, Business Strategy, Platforms, Governance

39 points by gnabgib 41 days ago | 3 comments

India's Battle to Control the Democracy Narrative (theplankmag.com)
How the Modi government moved from improving its global democracy rankings to redefining democracy itself—turning narrative control into a governance strategy.

India, Politics, Democracy, Governance, International Relations

71 points by ethan_smith 73 days ago | 103 comments

I'm running for the OSI board maybe (luke.wf)
The Open Source Initiative has two classes of board seats: Affiliate seats, and Individual Member seats.

Open Source, Governance, Organizations

42 points by elboulangero 92 days ago | 13 comments

State Capture (wikipedia.org)
State capture is a type of systemic political corruption in which private interests significantly influence a state's decision-making processes to their own advantage.

Politics, Corruption, Governance

67 points by bloomingkales 99 days ago | 41 comments

Innovation in AI is in danger of outpacing governance (techradar.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Ethics, Technology

6 points by Brajeshwar 99 days ago | 3 comments

On-silicon real-time AI compute governance from Nvidia, Intel, EQTY Labs (eqtylab.io)
EQTY Lab, in collaboration with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), announced today the release of the Verifiable Compute AI framework, the first hardware-based solution to govern and audit AI workflows.

Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Security, Governance, Semiconductor Industry

44 points by kfrzcode 156 days ago | 29 comments

Fedora Moves Towards Forgejo (fedoramagazine.org)
The decision to move to Forgejo as the new git forge has reached a new stage. Fedora Linux’s leadership has decided to choose Forgejo as their preferred git forge replacement. There are numerous factors involved in this decision and this article will discuss them, present some background on the process, and invite one more chance for feedback before the formal Fedora Council vote.

Linux, Open Source, Software, Community, Governance

10 points by HieronymusBosch 170 days ago | 2 comments

Calling for a Vote of No Confidence in the Python Steering Council (python.org)

Python, Governance, Open Source, Community, Voting

65 points by zhnews 275 days ago | 21 comments

Who will control the future of AI? (washingtonpost.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Future, Technology, Governance

41 points by kjhughes 302 days ago | 54 comments

Wikimedia community ratifies Movement Charter; Wikimedia Foundation vetoes it (wikipedia.org)

Wikimedia, Governance, Community, Organizations, Voting

38 points by akolbe 304 days ago | 10 comments

Show HN: OpenMetadata – OSS platform for data discovery observability governance (open-metadata.org)

Open Source, Data Management, Observability, Governance

19 points by jpnguyen 310 days ago | 11 comments

American Singapore(s): Competent city governance hiding in plain sight (population.fyi)

Singapore, Urban Planning, Governance, Cities

85 points by baud147258 331 days ago | 177 comments

AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board (economist.com)