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Standardized Definition of AI Governance

A public reference standard that defines AI governance as a measurable structural condition, moving beyond policy statements to test whether control, accountability, traceability and integrity can be demonstrated in practice across the AI lifecycle.

Parrott, R. (2025) “The Standardized Definition of AI Governance”. Self-published via Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17505286

Evidential Resilience Ratio (ERR)

A quantitative AI governance metric designed to measure how much of an AI system remains provable when models, APIs, vendors or other upstream dependencies change. ERR focuses on traceability, reconstructability, version fidelity and dependency proof to assess whether governance can survive change.

Parrott, R. (2025) “Evidential Resilience Ratio”. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17799428

External AI Withdrawal and Geopolitical Disruption Test

A practical governance test examining whether a business can maintain critical services if access to an external AI provider is suddenly restricted or withdrawn because of provider decisions, government action, sanctions, trade restrictions or geopolitical disruption.

Parrott, R. (2026) “External AI Withdrawal and Geopolitical Disruption Test”. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22844995

The AI Protection Tests

A public reference framework for testing whether important AI protections actually work in practice, focusing on control, accountability, business dependence and effective oversight rather than relying on policies, promises or formal safeguards alone.

Parrott, R. (2026) “The AI Protection Tests”. Zenodo. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23012740