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1Open menu</span></button></div></div></header><div class="flex-1"><!--$--><main id="content"><header class="border-b border-border"><div class="mx-auto grid max-w-6xl items-end gap-8 px-5 py-14 md:grid-cols-[1fr_auto] md:px-8 md:py-20"><div><p class="font-mono text-[11px] tracking-[0.22em] text-subtle uppercase">03 · Research</p><h1 class="mt-3 max-w-3xl font-display text-4xl leading-[1.12] tracking-tight md:text-5xl">Truth infrastructure.</h1><p class="mt-6 max-w-2xl text-base leading-relaxed text-muted md:text-lg">AI governance begins with the question of truth: how systems distinguish evidence from inference, preserve uncertainty, and support human judgment in high-consequence domains.</p></div></div></header><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-5 py-12 md:px-8 md:py-16"><div class="mb-10 flex flex-col gap-4 border border-border bg-surface p-6 md:flex-row md:items-center md:justify-between md:p-8"><p class="max-w-xl text-sm leading-relaxed text-muted">Essays are published on Substack. 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it requires a theory of truth, evidence, and judgment.</span></span><span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 font-mono text-[10px] tracking-[0.14em] text-subtle uppercase">Read<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-up-right size-3.5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7 7h10v10"></path><path d="M7 17 17 7"></path></svg></span></a></li><li><a href="https://federatedintel.substack.com/p/truth-infrastructure-and-the-future" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="group grid gap-3 py-8 md:grid-cols-[4rem_1fr_auto] md:items-baseline"><span class="font-mono text-xs text-subtle">03</span><span><span class="block font-display text-2xl leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">Truth Infrastructure and the Future of Institutional AI</span><span class="mt-2 block max-w-2xl text-sm text-muted">Why truth-seeking systems require a different architecture.</span></span><span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 font-mono text-[10px] tracking-[0.14em] text-subtle uppercase">Read<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-up-right size-3.5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7 7h10v10"></path><path d="M7 17 17 7"></path></svg></span></a></li><li><a href="https://federatedintel.substack.com/p/when-algorithms-inherit-a-thin-theory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="group grid gap-3 py-8 md:grid-cols-[4rem_1fr_auto] md:items-baseline"><span class="font-mono text-xs text-subtle">04</span><span><span class="block font-display text-2xl leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">When Algorithms Inherit a Thin Theory of Speech</span><span class="mt-2 block max-w-2xl text-sm text-muted">Algorithmic visibility can reshape speech without formally banning it.</span></span><span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 font-mono text-[10px] tracking-[0.14em] text-subtle uppercase">Read<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-up-right size-3.5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7 7h10v10"></path><path d="M7 17 17 7"></path></svg></span></a></li><li><a href="https://federatedintel.substack.com/p/ai-governance-will-be-judged-by-evidentiary" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="group grid gap-3 py-8 md:grid-cols-[4rem_1fr_auto] md:items-baseline"><span class="font-mono text-xs text-subtle">05</span><span><span class="block font-display text-2xl leading-snug group-hover:text-accent">AI Governance Will Be Judged by Evidentiary Survivability</span><span class="mt-2 block max-w-2xl text-sm text-muted">The future test of AI governance is whether consequential decisions can be reconstructed and defended.</span></span><span class="inline-flex items-center gap-1 font-mono text-[10px] tracking-[0.14em] text-subtle uppercase">Read<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-arrow-up-right size-3.5" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M7 7h10v10"></path><path d="M7 17 17 7"></path></svg></span></a></li></ol></div></main><!--/$--></div><footer class="border-t border-border"><div class="mx-auto grid max-w-6xl gap-10 px-5 py-14 md:grid-cols-[1.2fr_1fr_1fr] md:px-8 md:py-16"><div><div class="flex items-center gap-2.5"><svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" class="shrink-0 size-7 text-fg" role="img" aria-label="FIA Labs"><title>FIA Labs</title><circle cx="16" cy="16" r="2.2" fill="currentColor"></circle><g>
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