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.

Methodology See 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.

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 →

▲AdvancingNorms · 5.N.aGLOBALAug 28, 2026

EFF and Allies on Brazil's Elections: Privacy Protections are Crucial to Electoral Integrity

EFF, Access Now, and Data Privacy Brasil jointly published recommendations for stronger privacy and data protection in Brazil's 2026 elections, addressing AI-generated content's role in spreading electoral disinformation.

WhyEFF + allies publish Brazil election privacy recs targeting AI-amplified disinformation; civil society pressure on surveillance.Public debate on AI surveillance and civil liberties

▲AdvancingLaws · 2.L.cUSAug 27, 2026

FTC Finalizes Orders with Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms Settling Charges They Deceived Customers About "Active Listening" AI-Powered Marketing Service

The FTC finalized consent orders requiring Cox Media Group and two other firms to pay $930,000 total for falsely claiming to offer an AI service that targeted ads based on consumer conversations captured from smart devices, without legitimate opt-in.

WhyFTC finalizes orders, $930K penalties against CMG and 2 firms for falsely marketing AI active-listening ad targeting.Consumer protection enforcement against deceptive AI claims

◐MixedDesign · 6.D.aGLOBALAug 27, 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic Urge Cyber Defense Action as AI Models Improve

OpenAI and Anthropic jointly called for improved cyber defense measures, framing their AI capability advances as necessitating government and private-sector security investment.

WhyOpenAI+Anthropic joint cyber defense advocacy; voluntary call without enforcement path, CHT-aligned = direction 0.Voluntary industry safety commitments

▲AdvancingNorms · 4.N.cGLOBALAug 26, 2026

AI-generated music barred from Australian charts after Madonna cover controversy

Australia's music chart authority banned AI-generated music from official charts following a controversy over an AI-generated cover of a Madonna song, marking an industry norm shift toward distinguishing human from AI creative output.

WhyAustralia bars AI-generated music from charts after Madonna controversy; industry norm shift toward separating AI from human creative work.Public skepticism toward AI replacement rhetoric

▲AdvancingNorms · 5.N.aUSAug 26, 2026

EFF's Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms

The Electronic Frontier Foundation published its policy position calling for elimination of ALPR mass surveillance, arguing these systems are irredeemably harmful and urging courts and legislatures to impose strict restrictions including warrant requirements and deletion deadlines.

WhyEFF calls to eliminate ALPR mass surveillance; advocacy highlights AI-enabled location surveillance as irredeemably harmful.Public debate on AI surveillance and civil liberties

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.