Six Dimensions of AI Sovereignty
Data, compute, model, knowledge, cognitive and operational control as one institutional framework.
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AFA publishes to make difficult decisions easier: sovereignty, institutional knowledge, model behaviour, AI governance, Physical AI, workforce capability and the transition from traditional compute to intelligent systems.
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Cognitive Sovereignty
When AI helps an institution understand the world, what frame of reference is it using?
Explore →The Shadow AI Problem
Why useful public AI can create unmanaged institutional information flows—and why prohibition alone is insufficient.
Explore →From Generative AI to Physical AI
What changes when intelligence moves from producing information to taking physical action.
Explore →Living Intelligence
Why organizations need continuity, context and knowledge reuse rather than disposable AI conversations.
Explore →Research & IP Protection
How universities and research organizations can preserve emerging value while enabling useful AI.
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