Writing

Essays and analysis by Vincent Nijjar on AI agent governance.

April 2026
The Lock Swings Open

On the Anthropic source code leak, the fail-open hook architecture, and why deterministic enforcement exists.

April 2026
The Fork in the Road

Same mistake. Two architectures. One outcome is reversible. One is not.

April 2026
Why Intelligence in the Gate Fails

Watch an intelligent guard get persuaded. Then see what happens when the gate has no intelligence to persuade.

April 2026
Phase 2: The Flaw and the Fix

Discovering the bad-policy vulnerability and what it revealed about governance architecture.

April 2026
Automation, Abundance and Authority

A plain-language explanation of what ZLAR does and why it matters.

March 2026
The Origin of ZLAR

Why ZLAR exists. The personal failure that produced the architecture.

March 2026
Thought Can Wake Up Now

On agentic AI, executable thought, and why governance has to change.