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Governance Actor Roles
Who proposes, enforces, monitors, and must comply with AI governance? This visualization breaks down actor types across the four governance roles. Filter by status to see how dynamics shift for enacted vs. proposed regulation.
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Affected Stakeholder
Source: MIT AI Risk Repository
Key Takeaways
1.Government actors dominate the proposer and enforcer roles (98% of proposers, 97% of enforcers), while the target role is more diverse — 6 actor types appear in 50+ documents as compliance targets.
2.Non-government enforcers are rare — only 34 entries (3%) — indicating near-exclusive reliance on state enforcement mechanisms.
