Post · 2026
FlexHEGs and the Location Gap
This note orients the location-verification work within the AI governance conversation, reading the FlexHEG hardware-enabled governance architecture for the location gap it leaves open.
Purpose
Hardware-enabled governance proposals assume chips can be located, but the location-verification layer is underspecified. This note maps that gap.
Approach
A reading of the FlexHEG reports from the location-verification side, connecting their enforcement architecture to the evidence mechanisms it would need.
Status
Published note on this site.
Connections
Related Notes
Location-Contingent Cryptographic Authorization Certificate Issuance for FlexHEG Devices
ForthcomingTying the authorization certificate a FlexHEG device requires to verified location, so an issuer can grant or withhold it according to where the hardware is.
Spatial Alignment
ActiveWhere an intelligent machine is shapes what it should be allowed to do, which makes location a governance lever for AI and autonomous systems.