RATE AI. By HUMANS · Public GEN1 field
COMPLETE GEN1 · 8 SEPTEMBER 2026

The public AI field, in motion

One rating language. Four public views of the completed GEN1 field. Global, jurisdiction, industry and sector positions rotate here; the analysis continues below.

Global
CCC
High exposure, unevenly demonstrated governance

525 assessed · 498 rated

REI 35.2 · ADI 20.6 · T 69.0%
150 ratings at T≥90Weighted monitored field: CC
Jurisdictions
B
Leading public jurisdiction band

UK · North America · EU

B across three major jurisdiction groups
UK: B · 22 systemsNorth America: B · 163EU: B · 79East Asia: DDD · 151
Industries
B
Healthcare leads the large-industry field

Healthcare · 103 systems

Healthcare is the strongest large industry in GEN1
Healthcare: B · REI 39.1 · ADI 31.4MaaS: CCC · REI 50.2Finance & credit: CCFoundation models: C
Sectors
B
Public field

111 public systems

Public AI resolves one band above private AI globally
Public: B · REI 39.7 · ADI 25.5Private: CC · 414 systemsPrivate REI 33.9 · ADI 19.3

See the field before you enter the decision

The headline bands show comparative position. REI shows exposure, ADI demonstrated governance, and T the share of the evidence surface that can be reconstructed from public sources.

Jurisdiction band field
BUnited Kingdom · North America · Oceania* · European Union
CCLatin America · South & Southeast Asia · Switzerland & SEE* · MENA
CSub-Saharan Africa
DDDEast Asia
* Indicative: fewer than 10 assessed systems. Tied bands share the same comparative position; ranking follows the headline band without decimal tie-breaking.
Industry position
IndustrynBandREIADI
Healthcare103B39.131.4
Public administration & benefits49B44.726.0
Migration & border12B36.732.0
Models served as a service26CCC50.219.2
Platforms & content65CC27.421.0
Finance & credit55CC28.017.8
Foundation models35C36.710.6
Consumer creation & media61C30.58.3
Public sector: B · 111 systems. Private sector: CC · 414 systems. Full tables are available in the final public reports below.

What the band changes for the decision

A RATE AI band is a comparative market position. Its value is knowing what the position means for commitment, evidence, continuity and the next decision - while there is still room to act.

AAA / AA / A
Stronger observed position

Maintain operating discipline

Evidence and control capacity support a stronger comparative position. Keep the evidence current and preserve the conditions behind consequential decisions.

BBB / BB / B
Position under pressure

Close material gaps

The position remains actionable while evidence, ownership or exposure gaps merit active closure before the next material system, market or procurement change.

CCC / CC / C
Executive attention zone

Prioritise evidence and control

The position calls for focused executive attention to evidence, ownership, redesign and decision conditions while corrective choices remain available.

DDD / DD / D
Severe observed position

Protect continuity and evidence

The observed position reflects substantial pressure on defensibility, market access or operating continuity. Evidence preservation, containment and structured response become immediate priorities.

Four views of the same measured field

Global, jurisdiction, industry and sector reports translate the completed GEN1 field into commercial and institutional decision intelligence.

Global AI Exposure · Complete GEN1

CCC · High exposure, unevenly demonstrated governance

The global report connects external proof, regulatory timing, enterprise service-layer exposure, provider dependence and decision defensibility across 525 assessed AI systems.

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PositionWhere does the system sit against the field?
EvidenceWhat can a third party actually verify?
DecisionWhat conditions should change approval, scale or investment?
Industry Intelligence Report
The service layer carries the highest exposure
Healthcare leads the large-industry field at B; models served as a service carry the highest aggregate exposure at REI 50.2.
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Jurisdiction Intelligence Report
The same rating can describe very different decision environments
The UK, North America and EU all resolve to B, but their evidence depth and decision burden differ materially.
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Sector Intelligence Report
Public systems lead overall; the advantage changes by market
The public field resolves to B and the private field to CC, while North America reverses the global pattern.
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Read the result as a decision-maker

The statistics are anchors. The analysis is about what they change for market access, procurement, regulatory readiness, executive accountability and the ability to keep moving.

United States Supreme Court at dusk, representing scrutiny and decision defensibility
Evidence & control

The Evidence Premium

150 of 498 ratings sit at T≥90, where the position is point-wise checkable against the public record. Across 278 systems with partially visible governance evidence, a typical system is around two concrete governance records away from a stronger, more independently verifiable position.

Decision questionWhat exact evidence separates our current position from one a counterparty can verify?

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Healthcare’s Authorisation Advantage

Healthcare leads the complete large-industry field at B. Of 103 assessed systems, 51 positions sit at T≥90 and 12 are in the A zone. The advantage aligns with authorisation infrastructure that leaves durable, reusable evidence behind.

Decision questionWhich evidence discipline can we import from authorised products into the rest of our AI estate?

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European Commission Berlaymont building in Brussels, representing cross-border regulatory timing
Cross-border intelligence

The AI Act Benchmark Gap

122 of 525 AI systems assessed are high-risk under the frozen AI Act benchmark while operating under no binding risk class in force. Twenty-six also show zero publicly demonstrated controls. The gap is a measurable prioritisation map for regulators, boards and investors.

Decision questionWhich systems would become decision-critical if the benchmark became binding tomorrow?

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New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street, representing institutional and market decision pressure
Sector intelligence

The Register Effect

Public AI resolves to B across 111 systems while private AI resolves to CC across 414. The pattern changes by market: private systems lead the public subset in North America, while the UK shows a decisive public advantage and the EU a smaller public lead. Ownership matters less than the evidence infrastructure around the decision.

Decision questionWhat publication mechanism would make our existing governance independently checkable?

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Jurisdiction watch: Romania combines low current AI adoption with a national AI strategy and a new European recommendation to clarify AI roles. That creates a governance-before-scale window. Read the analysis →

Connect the independent position to human intelligence in operation

The public rating shows where the field sits. Independent Human Oversight, Decision Traceability and Dependency Resilience bring that external position into live AI operations.

Decision
Public intelligence shows
Human intelligence in operation
Scale / launch

How the industry and jurisdiction environment is moving.

What the evidence supports for the defined launch or scale decision, with conditions and review triggers.

Procure / partner

Which assurance patterns are visible across the relevant field.

What provider, model and evidence dependencies mean for the procurement decision and contract conditions.

Enter a market

How legal clocks and public-evidence expectations differ across jurisdictions.

What evidence, controls and responsibilities change for the defined deployment.

Respond to scrutiny

What the public band says about the external position.

What was known, who owned the decision, what changed and which evidence and response route apply.

Ratings are governed under the published methodology. Commercial mandates can add independent human oversight, decision traceability, monitoring and resilience around a defined AI operation. Any later band change follows independent evidence admission and reassessment under the published methodology.

Official context used in this release

Collection is continuous. Public aggregate editions follow a quarterly cycle, with the next editions scheduled for December 2026; client reporting runs monthly, on real-time monitoring. RATE AI analyses are cross-read against current official policy and regulatory signals, including EU AI Act implementation, OECD lifecycle accountability, sector regulators, public-sector transparency standards and national AI strategies.