Outpost
How the work is actually done.
Outpost is a publication about how the work of governing AI is actually done — by the people who do it, in the rooms where it happens. New interviews appear every other Tuesday.
The Practice — Vol. I
- No. 03 · May 12, 2026 · Aiyana Okonkwo, Lisbon
“The model card said one thing. The procurement document said another.”
A senior procurement advisor inside a European digital ministry on what actually happens when a frontier model API gets evaluated for government use.
5,200 words
- •••No. 02 · Apr 28, 2026 · Marisol Vega, Chicago
“You can't cross-examine a risk score.”
A public defender in Cook County on how algorithmic pretrial assessment shows up in her practice.
4,800 words
- •••No. 01 · Apr 14, 2026 · Henrik Adler, Stockholm
“Our job is to be wrong slowly.”
A senior official at a national AI office on how policy decisions get made under uncertainty.
6,100 words
New interviews, every other Tuesday. One short note from the editor when a new piece is published. Nothing else.