DEINOS

Governance framework

Eight articles that bind every company in the group. Written before the first company launches, so they cannot be bent to fit one.

Status. Proposed framework. Not yet adopted.3

The more it can do, the more it answers for.

Pick an example, or set the four controls yourself. The verdict changes with the risk, and so does the list of what a Deinos company would owe you.

Try an example

Risk 0 of 10

Low power, low stakes. It still tells you it's AI and keeps a record.

Autonomy
Reach
Reversibility
Stakes

1 of 7 obligations apply at this setting

  1. Discloses that it is AI; logs every action with a date. Not required at this settingArt. 5
  2. A named person signs for what it does. Not required at this settingArt. 1
  3. Someone outside the team can stop it. Not required at this settingArt. 3
  4. An appeal route, answered by a person, is published before launch. Not required at this settingArt. 4
  5. Independent review before launch. Not required at this settingArt. 8
  6. Evidence published with every claim about it. Not required at this settingArt. 5
  7. Pauses for a person to confirm each action. Not required at this settingArt. 2

The examples are illustrations, not products or customers. This is a proposed standard, not a running product. The same idea sits at the center of the EU's AI Act: the higher the risk, the stricter the rules.

The eight articles

Each article ends with what you would be able to see if a Deinos company keeps it.

  1. Article 1

    A named person signs.

    Every consequential action taken by a Deinos company is attributable to a named person who answers for it.

    What you would seeA name and a date on any decision that affects you.

  2. Article 2

    Inference is not permission.

    A system may infer what someone intends. It may not act on that inference without confirmation from the person affected or someone they have authorized.

    What you would seeA question, not an action, when the system is unsure.

  3. Article 3

    Every system can be stopped.

    Each system has a published stop procedure, held by someone outside the team that built it, in place before launch.

    What you would seeA documented way to pause it, and the name of who holds it.

  4. Article 4

    Disagreement receives an answer.

    Anyone affected may appeal a decision and receive a reply from a person. Agreeing with Deinos is not a condition.

    What you would seeAn appeal route answered by a person, not a form that goes nowhere.

  5. Article 5

    Claims carry a date and evidence.

    Statements about a product say when they were true and what supports them, or say that no evidence exists yet. Systems disclose that they are AI.

    What you would seeA date and a source next to every claim, or the words 'no evidence yet'.

  6. Article 6

    No revenue from outrage.

    No company in the group earns revenue by amplifying anger or division.

    What you would seeNo feeds tuned to outrage. No advertising that profits from division.

  7. Article 7

    Time saved is returned.

    When AI removes work, the hours go back to the people who did it. This is the Short Week rule, and it binds every company in the group.

    What you would seeShorter weeks at the same pay, not heavier workloads.

  8. Article 8

    Obligations scale with risk.

    The more a system can do and the more people it touches, the more it must answer for. Some systems will not be built.

    What you would seeStricter review where stakes are higher, and a published list of what we refuse to build.

What the framework builds on

  • The EU AI ActThe higher the risk, the stricter the rules.
  • Mustafa Suleyman, The Coming WaveTechnology this powerful has to be contained, not only celebrated.
  • Yuval Noah Harari, NexusInstitutions last when they can find and correct their own mistakes.

Ideas we build on. Our reading, not their endorsement.

  1. All companies are in development. None has customers, revenue or a live product. Figures as of 2 November 2026.
  2. Deinos and Of It's Own are a proposed brand relationship. The legal structure has not been decided.
  3. A proposed framework, written before the first company launches. Not yet adopted; adoption will be dated and signed.