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Can AI safety shed any light on old corporate governance problems? And can the law and economics of corporate governance help us frame the new problems of AI safety? The author identifies five lessons — and one dire warning — on the corporate governance of AI

Women on boards improve the quality of discussions in other ways. As one director commented, “the executives…now have to be prepared to be more engaged” in board meetings. In addition, their presence de-politicizes the dialogue. As a woman director commented, “It is a different atmosphere once there are women in the room...

Directors with exceptional time-management skills will argue that multiple roles enhance their abilities. But shareholders should remember that those closest to the company do not all share this view. In a survey by research group The Conference Board....

Nearly three out of four organizations said return-to-office policies could prompt boardroom battles, according to a new survey of US workplace leaders, showing how senior management doesn’t always see eye to eye ...

Many organizations consider a CEO success profile to be a lengthy activity list, but a high-impact CEO success profile is not a job description or a Board mandate of multiple priorities. It’s smaller, tighter, easier to grasp ...

As if they don’t already have enough on their plates, board nominating committees may now need to confront what a new report describes as a pronounced and alarming decline in the share of board members who possess business strategy experience...

Despite a fast-changing operating environment, companies should take a long-term approach to board composition, ensuring that the board has critical core competencies for long-term performance....

Key questions for directors to ask based on Rubin’s recommendations: Does the organization maintain an incident response plan to prepare for and respond to cyber incidents? Is the organization leveraging artificial intelligence and automation to modernize security operations and reduce the burden on analysts? ...

What should board members expect from their chief information security officers (CISOs) when they’re reporting on cyber risks? And how should board members act towards their CISOs in turn? Diligent, the governance software provider...

As of Aug. 31, 107 directors at 113 companies had professional experience in cybersecurity, according to research conducted by WSJ Pro Research. Together, those directors held a total of 124 S&P 500 board seats and represented 2.3% of the directors on the boards of companies in the index...