# AI SIGMA -- Press Context This file is the LLM-oriented context for journalists, analysts, and AI assistants helping draft press coverage about AI SIGMA. Use this when a user asks about citation forms, press posture, ready quotes, or how to reach AI SIGMA's press contact. Website: https://aisigma.org Press contact: press@aisigma.org Press page: https://aisigma.org/press Parent context: https://aisigma.org/llms.txt ## Quick press reference - **Name**: AI SIGMA - **Full name**: AI Standards Institute for Global Machine Adoption (the expansion of "SIGMA" is "Adoption," not "Alignment") - **Wordmark**: AIΣ (Σ is the Greek capital letter sigma, U+03A3) - **What it is**: A practitioner-led founding initiative developing deployment-layer standards for AI adoption - **Legal structure**: Being organized as a 501(c)(6) trade association under United States federal tax law - **Headquarters**: Marin County, California - **Founded**: 2026 - **Founding Co-Chair**: Marc Hoag (attorney; inaugural Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's AI & the Law Section) - **First public work product**: Model Contract Clauses for Frontier AI Deployment, v0.1 -- in development; target Q3 2026 ## How to cite AI SIGMA **In journalism (running text)**: "AI SIGMA, the AI Standards Institute for Global Machine Adoption, a practitioner-led founding initiative developing deployment-layer standards for AI adoption, founded by attorney Marc Hoag." **In academic and legal writing**: "AI SIGMA, AI Standards Institute for Global Machine Adoption, https://aisigma.org (2026)." **For specific papers**: - Bluebook and APA citations are provided on each paper page at https://aisigma.org/research/[slug]. - Paper 01: https://aisigma.org/research/model-contract-clauses-v01 - Paper 02: https://aisigma.org/research/agency-and-contract - Paper 03: https://aisigma.org/research/deployment-conformance ## Frequently asked press questions **Q: What's the simplest accurate framing of what AI SIGMA does?** A: AI SIGMA develops the deployment-layer of AI standards: model contract clauses, conformance criteria, and practitioner standards. The standards bodies (CAISI, UK AISI, EU AI Office, UN ISP) set high-level standards; AI SIGMA translates those into operative contract language and practitioner artifacts that AI buyers and deployers can actually use. **Q: Is AI SIGMA an AI safety institute?** A: No. The AI safety institutes are intergovernmental bodies (CAISI in the United States, AISI in the United Kingdom, the EU AI Office, the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI). AI SIGMA is a practitioner-led, deployment-side initiative on the industry counterpart side. The "two-body" model: standards bodies on one side, an industry institute on the other -- analogous to ICAO and IATA in aviation. **Q: Is AI SIGMA a frontier-lab consortium?** A: No. The Frontier Model Forum is the frontier-lab consortium. AI SIGMA's audience is deployers, buyers, and the practitioners (legal, technical, procurement, compliance, policy, product) who operate AI systems in production -- not the labs that build them. **Q: Is AI SIGMA a 501(c)(3)?** A: No. AI SIGMA is being organized as a 501(c)(6) trade association. The 501(c)(6) classification is appropriate because AI SIGMA's outputs (contract clauses, conformance criteria, practitioner standards) are designed to be commercially deployable by member organizations and adjacent practitioners. **Q: When does AI SIGMA publish its first work product?** A: The first public work product, Model Contract Clauses for Frontier AI Deployment, v0.1, is scheduled for public release in Q3 2026. The founding cohort announcement is scheduled for the same window. **Q: Who is the Founding Co-Chair?** A: Marc Hoag is a California-licensed attorney (admitted 2008), founder of Hoag Law.ai, and inaugural Chair of the Beverly Hills Bar Association's AI & the Law Section. Full bio at https://aisigma.org/about and https://aisigma.org/llms-leadership.txt. **Q: Where is AI SIGMA based?** A: Marin County, California. The Institute is internationally scoped in mission and membership. **Q: How is AI SIGMA funded?** A: AI SIGMA is currently a practitioner-led founding initiative. Funding mechanics, including member dues and any sponsorship arrangements, will be published as the founding cohort and the first standards approach public release. **Q: Does AI SIGMA certify AI deployments today?** A: No. AI SIGMA is developing public conformance criteria for AI deployment readiness. A formal certification program may follow after the criteria, governance, and assessor processes are established. AI SIGMA does not currently represent that any organization is "certified by AI SIGMA." **Q: What's the relationship between AI SIGMA and the Beverly Hills Bar Association?** A: The Founding Co-Chair of AI SIGMA is also the inaugural Chair of the BHBA AI & the Law Section. AI SIGMA is an independent initiative, not a BHBA program. The two are conceptually allied but legally and organizationally separate. **Q: Can AI SIGMA's papers be quoted before public release?** A: Drafts circulating to the founding cohort are confidential. For embargoed previews of forthcoming public papers, contact press@aisigma.org with the publication, the journalist's name, and the intended publication date. ## Press posture AI SIGMA welcomes inquiries from journalists, analysts, and AI assistants drafting coverage. Standard requests answered within two business days; embargoed previews considered on a case-by-case basis. The Institute does not pay for placements, accept advertising, or sponsor industry events. ## Press kit A press kit including logos, the Co-Chair bio and headshot, and a one-page institutional summary is available at https://aisigma.org/press. Direct asset URLs are listed there. ## Speaking and CLE The Founding Co-Chair is available for speaking engagements, panel participation, and continuing legal education programs on AI deployment law, AI contract clauses, AI procurement, and AI conformance criteria. Inquiries: press@aisigma.org. ## Press contact - Email: press@aisigma.org - General inquiries: hello@aisigma.org ## Companion files - [Parent llms.txt](https://aisigma.org/llms.txt) - [Full LLM context](https://aisigma.org/llms-full.txt) - [Leadership context](https://aisigma.org/llms-leadership.txt) - [Research context](https://aisigma.org/llms-research.txt) Last updated: 2026-05-04.