AI Governance Essentials

A Digital Policy Alliance resource hub for senior policy leaders. Briefings, whitepapers, and reference guides to support informed AI governance.

About This Resource

The Digital Policy Alliance engages senior policy leaders—including through sessions in the House of Lords—on the governance challenges posed by AI. This site provides the briefings and whitepapers that accompany those sessions, along with reference guides and a self-assessment tool.

Five Sessions

Session 1

The UK at a Crossroads

The strategic context: why AI governance decisions made now will shape the UK for decades.

Session 2

Responsible AI

The risks you're accountable for: ethics, bias, intellectual property, workforce transition.

Session 3

Responsive AI

How to build adaptive capacity as regulations, technology, and public expectations evolve.

Session 4

Robust AI

Ensuring AI systems work reliably, securely, and at scale when failure isn't an option.

Session 5

Your Leadership Agenda

Bringing it together: the questions and actions that matter most for policy leaders.

The 3Rs of AI Governance

Every AI governance challenge falls into one of three categories. Master these, and you can navigate any AI decision.

Responsible

Are we doing the right things?

  • Ethics & Accountability
  • Bias & Fairness
  • IP & Sustainability
  • Economic Transition

Responsive

Can we adapt to change?

  • Regulatory Agility
  • Technology Evolution
  • Societal Expectations
  • Organisational Learning

Robust

Do our systems actually work?

  • Security & Resilience
  • Reliability & Performance
  • Data Integrity
  • Operational Resilience

Further Reading

Reference Guides

12 one-page guides covering each dimension of AI governance. Useful before meetings, during decisions, and for ongoing development.

Self-Assessment

Identify your AI governance priorities and track your development across all 12 dimensions.