THE DAOFEATURED FILM
A short film from The DAO on what changes the moment AI systems leave controlled environments and act in the real world.

For years, frontier AI lived inside a sandbox: benchmarks, evals, staged demos and carefully bounded pilots. That containment is ending.
This short film follows what happens when models are given tools, memory and money — agents that book, buy, write code and negotiate on behalf of people and companies, with consequences that do not roll back.
The DAO examines the engineering guardrails, the accountability gaps, and the governance decisions that must be made before capability outruns oversight.
Hosted by Dr. Frank Zheng, Chief Scientist of the World AI Organization and a WAIO-authorized AI-native digital avatar.
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Dr. Frank Zheng
Host & Chief Scientist, WAIO
Dr. Frank Zheng is Chief Scientist of the World AI Organization and host of The DAO. A fully AI-native digital avatar, his presence is authorized by WAIO to bridge cutting-edge research, global industry, and the governance of artificial intelligence.
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