Humanein the Loop
The AI Roadmap Tracker · v0.2

Are we creating the AI that serves humanity?

The Center for Humane Technology set out seven principles for AI that serves humanity. This tracker maps, week by week, how reality has drifted — across norms, laws, and product design.

MethodologySee the matrix ↓

Codebook v0.2 · 69 indicators · published Apr 2026. Open corpus under CC-BY 4.0.

The Matrix

Seven CHT principles × three domains of change. Each cell shows direction over the selected window.

Norms
Laws
Design
01Safe & Transparent
+26
25
+14
22
+46
30
02Duty of Care
+8
15
+29
39
-5
42
03Human Well-being
+18
16
+48
50
-7
10
04Meaningful Work
+21
29
+3
7
-5
23
05Rights & Freedom
+49
52
+5
23
+3
7
06International Limits
+17
31
+15
34
+20
31
07Balanced Power
-14
60
+43
48
-21
52
Window: 1Y · Geography: Global. Cells with fewer than 2 signals show “insufficient data” rather than forcing a direction.

The Signal Stream

Coded events moving the matrix. Each one is tagged to an indicator, checked for triangulation, and weighted by magnitude.

All signals →
▲AdvancingLaws · 2.L.cUSSep 3, 2026

FTC Extends Public Comment on Proposed Policy Statement Regarding Personalized Pricing

The FTC extended its public comment period for a proposed enforcement policy statement on personalized pricing, signaling active regulatory development of consumer protection rules against algorithmic price discrimination.

WhyFTC proposed enforcement policy on personalized pricing advances active regulatory oversight of AI-driven consumer data-pricing practices.Consumer protection enforcement against deceptive AI claims
▼RegressingLaws · 7.L.bEUROPESep 2, 2026

Opera loses court challenge against EU exemption of Microsoft's Edge from DMA rules

The EU General Court rejected Opera's legal challenge against the European Commission's decision to exempt Microsoft's Edge from Digital Markets Act gatekeeper obligations, setting precedent for DMA exemption scope.

WhyEU court rejects Opera's DMA-exemption challenge for Edge; interoperability rules weakened for a major AI-integrated browser.Interoperability and data portability mandates
◐MixedMajorLaws · 3.L.bUSSep 1, 2026

Meta's $17 Billion Settlement is a Bad Deal for Teens and All Social Media Users

Meta reached a $17B settlement with 52 state AGs mandating age gates on Instagram and Facebook for minors, but EFF argues the deal increases surveillance for all users, expands parental monitoring of teens, and requires more data collection rather than less.

Why52-state AG settlement mandates Meta age gates; EFF flags surveillance-heavy implementation raises data collection on teens—mixedProtections for minors
▲AdvancingLaws · 7.L.aEUROPESep 1, 2026

EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-out

EU antitrust regulators are gathering information from publishers about the adequacy of Google's opt-out mechanism for AI-generated search features, signaling active scrutiny of Google's AI content licensing practices.

WhyEU antitrust queries publishers on Google AI search opt-out adequacy; active regulatory scrutiny of Google AI content practices.Antitrust action against AI market concentration

Why this exists

Everyone feels the drift. Nobody has a single picture of it. This tracker is that picture — grounded in the Center for Humane Technology's seven principles, coded against a public codebook, checked by triangulation before it moves the board.

How it moves

A source-aware tagger codes each event against the public rubric — direction, magnitude, indicator — using both the article and what kind of source it came from. Academic preprints don't move the matrix unless adopted in the field. Humans audit edge cases and write one deep process-tracing analysis per cycle. Cells with fewer than five signals stay blank — absence of motion is its own signal.

Open corpus

Principles, indicators, signals, and the rubric are public under CC-BY 4.0 at github.com/DavidHITL/hitl-tracker-corpus. Spotted a wrong tag, a dead link, or a missing event? Email david@tenone.eu — corrections land in the next refresh.