How Large Organisations Classify AI in Public Governance Documents

Abstract

This working paper examines where fifteen large publicly listed organisations place artificial intelligence within their public governance architecture. Classification here means placement: which part of the governance structure governs AI, what other domains AI is grouped alongside, and which mechanisms are applied to it. Across the entire sample, public documentation universally governs AI as software, IT security, product risk, or compliance infrastructure rather than as an informational input to professional judgement.