Mind the Gap

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Feb 3, 2026

Fathom’s Analysis of the State of AI Governance

In January, we published “Building for the Thinking Machine Age”—our attempt to make sense of where we are in the AI transition aand Fathom’s role in it. We argued that AI represents a genuine industrial revolution, one arriving into a society already fraying at the seams, and that the institutions we need to navigate it don’t yet exist.

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Independent.
Nonpartisan.
Nonprofit.

Fathom is a 501(c)(3) organization funded by philanthropists. We do not take donations from corporations, including frontier labs and the FAANG companies, or foreign entities associated with countries of concern.

Independent.
Nonpartisan.
Nonprofit.

Fathom is a 501(c)(3) organization funded by philanthropists. We do not take donations from corporations, including frontier labs and the FAANG companies, or foreign entities associated with countries of concern.