Mapping U.S. Federal AI Governance Against Sector Vulnerability

2026-09-14

AI Summary

研究通过分析684份联邦AI治理文件，对比专家对各行业AI风险的评估，揭示了当前治理在覆盖面上存在的差距，特别是在金融和医疗等高风险领域。

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) poses different levels of risk across sectors, but are these differences reflected in U.S. federal AI governance? To help answer this question, we assess 684 federal AI governance documents for their coverage of 14 sectors and 24 AI risks. We measure coverage as breadth (i.e., how frequently the risk or sector is addressed across documents) and depth (i.e., how substantively the risk or sector is discussed). We then compare sector coverage patterns for each of the 24 risks with vulnerability assessments from a Delphi study of 272 experts. Our analysis finds substantial variation in coverage: AI risks related to robustness, system security, and governance receive more attention than socioeconomic, environmental, and emerging risks, including multi-agent risks. Public administration, national security, information, and scientific services receive comparatively high levels of coverage relative to other sectors, such as finance and healthcare, which experts rate as highly vulnerable to AI risks. By mapping current coverage and identifying where it differs from expert assessments of vulnerability, we surface potential AI governance gaps which may help inform AI risk-related decisions across government and industry.

Problem

• AI Governance
• Sector Vulnerability
• Risk Coverage

Innovation

• AI governance
• sector vulnerability
• coverage analysis
• Delphi study
• risk assessment