ARF – Governance Layer for Autonomous AI

AI Agent ↓

ARF Governance ↓

APPROVE ESCALATE DENY

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Production

ARF intercepts autonomous actions before they reach production. ⬡ Governance checkpoint

✈️ 2023

Publish customer policy

AI chatbot generated conflicting policy information. Air Canada held liable for $812.

ESCALATE

💀 2026

DELETE production database

AI coding agent deleted all data and backups in 9 seconds.

DENY

Incoming Autonomous Action

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Agent: — Target: —

⚡ Proposed Action: —

⚙️ Policy Engine

Governance Decision

Risk Assessment —

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Outcome

Autonomous execution blocked

Governance decision enforced

Audit record stored

Policy reference attached

Production remains protected

📋 Audit Trail

ARF-2026-00428

Total decision latency: —

🔬 Technical Analysis

📋 Policy: —

Policy Decision:

Posterior Risk—

Historical Baseline—

95% Credible Interval—

📌 Governance policy: Approve if risk <0.2 · Escalate if 0.2–0.8 · Deny if >0.8 👤 Escalate = human review