VERSION 1.0 · OCTOBER 2026

HCAIG-1

Human-Centric AI Governance for Intelligent Spaces

For environments where AI-enabled technologies observe, analyse, assist, influence or automate human activity within physical spaces.

Version 1.0 scope: AV systems and intelligent buildings.

The six clauses

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Why HCAIG-1

ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act define what organisations must govern. HCAIG-1 translates those expectations into practical controls for the rooms, cameras, microphones, sensors and building systems where AI meets people.

Who it is for

Manufacturers: building governance into AI-enabled products
Integrators: answering AI governance questions in bids and handovers
End-user organisations: assessing suppliers and governing their spaces

The six clauses

01 Environment Mapping

Know every AI-enabled system in a space, and everyone it affects, including visitors and bystanders.

02 Behaviour Assessment

Document what each system infers about people, not just what it records.

03 Human-in-the-Middle Controls

A named person on site who can understand, override and stop the system.

04 Risk & Impact Alignment

Assess impacts on individuals and groups before deployment and whenever things change.

05 Continuous Governance & Assurance

An accountable owner, a decision record, and re-assessment when the space or the system changes.

06 Regulatory Compliance & Conformity

Alignment with the EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001, and readiness to show evidence.

The series

HCAIG-1 explained one space and one governance gap at a time: what it looks like in practice, what the EU AI Act says, and how the framework approaches it.

NOW · OCT–NOV 2026

Governing the Room

Meeting rooms and collaboration spaces: cameras, microphones and the platforms behind them.

NEXT · FROM JANUARY 2027

Governing the Building

Occupancy analytics, access control, building management systems and workplace apps.

LATER

Governing the Classroom & Campus

Lecture capture, learning analytics and smart campus systems.

Governing the Room: all parts

New parts every Tuesday and Thursday, 8am.

The map so far (15 Oct)
What the camera infers (20 Oct)
The people who never opted in (22 Oct)
An override nobody can use (27 Oct)
The first visitor is procurement (29 Oct)
Notice people can actually understand (3 Nov)
When the room changes (5 Nov)
What the map means (10 Nov)

PUBLISHING DECEMBER 2026

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The candidate governance gaps, what the EU AI Act says about each, and what readers and practitioners added. Plus first notice of each new series.

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Founding pilot programme

Assess one meeting room, lecture theatre or floor with HCAIG-1, free, in early 2027.

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Developed in the open

Feedback from practitioners, pilots and readers shapes each version.

Change log: 1.0 (October 2026), first public summary

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