What changed
The 2026 cycle introduces three large changes to foundation membership: a refreshed governance charter, three new working groups, and an open-by-default voting record.
New working groups
- Safety-Certified: driving the EoS-S subset toward IEC 61508 SIL-3 evidence packages, in collaboration with two industry members.
- Embedded AI Ethics: publishing guidelines for on-device model usage — data minimization, on-device-only flags, opt-out attestation patterns.
- Neural Interface Standards: coordinating with academic groups on a reference electrode-array interface and an open dataset license.
Open voting record
Every governance vote from 2026 onward is published on the foundation site within 48 hours, with full member-by-member breakdown. The previous opt-in record-keeping was adopted unanimously at the December meeting.
Joining
Three classes — individual (free), affiliate (organizations under 100 employees, $0), and sustaining (larger organizations, sliding scale based on revenue). All classes get one working-group seat; sustaining members get a board-observer seat. Apply on the membership page.
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