NEW: Today ARI released a blueprint for federal AI governance, including three pillars that promote safe frontier AI development: ✅ Standards set by the government ✅ Independent assurance they are met ✅ Transparency into frontier AI development www.ari.us/frontier-fra...

Responsible Innovation at the Frontier - Americans for Responsible Innovation

Over the last two years, frontier AI has advanced at a pace that has forced policymakers to reckon with a difficult reality: the technology is too consequential to be governed by a laissez-faire appro...

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The government can read Americans' messages and buy their data, often without a warrant. AI makes surveillance easier and farther reaching. Now, Congress has a chance to close loopholes that enable domestic spying. ARI's Allie Maloney on the fix. ari.us/policy-bytes...

Congress Can Ensure AI Doesn’t Turbocharge Mass Surveillance - Americans for Responsible Innovation

On June 12, the law our government uses to spy on Americans expired. While intended to target foreign individuals, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has a loophole that a...

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A growing coalition of unions, voters, kids safety advocates, and consumers are urging Rep. Trahan to oppose legislation that would freeze state AI laws. Today, we're launching an ad campaign in MA-3, giving more voters a chance to tell their Rep: No immunity for Big Tech.

Automated ≠ autonomous. A new ARI whitepaper makes the case that meaningful human control over lethal AI is operationally necessary, not just ethically preferable. The variable that matters: how much time a human has to correct failure. ari.us/handsonthetr...

Chip exports are firmly back on the agenda. Last week's House Foreign Affairs markup advanced bills tightening controls on AI chip sales to China, and lawmakers are pushing to include them in this year's NDAA. The latest issue of The Output is live: theaioutput.substack.com/p/chip-expor...

Chip exports are firmly back on the agenda

Plus: Mythos leaks; a proposed "AI dividend"; and China's best open model

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The White House promised its AI framework would protect kids, artists & communities. On all counts it falls short. States frozen out of AI policy, and kids and creators left vulnerable in the AI era. Read Brad Carson's op-ed in @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/how-the-ai-f...

How the AI Framework Breaks Trump's Promise to Kids, Artists and Communities

Trump's AI framework undercuts promises to protect kids, artists and communities, former congressman Brad Carson writes.

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Proposals to steamroll state legislatures on AI policy have faced a bipartisan backlash, but the White House is back with another try at preemption in its latest framework. More in the latest OUTPUT: theaioutput.substack.com/p/the-white-...

The White House can't quit AI preemption

Plus: Anthropic wins reprieve; Meta and YouTube guilty; and OpenAI gets serious

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Without standardized energy reporting for AI data centers, grid operators can't accurately forecast demand or prevent outages. As data center demand grows, the need for transparency is critical. ARI lays out a new proposal in our latest Policy Byte: ari.us/policy-bytes...

We Can’t Manage What We Can’t Measure: Why It’s Critical to Standardize Data Center Energy Reporting - Americans for Responsible Innovation

While tech titans race to dominate AI benchmarks, their ambitions run on electricity, and lots of it. Take xAI’s Colossus supercomputer in Tennessee. It’s drawing 150 MW from the grid (enough to power...

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NEW: i took a look at legislation @sanders.senate.gov is intro'ing today to impose a data center moratorium “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of AI" it's a major line in the sand for progressives looking to tie data center opposition w AI safety

50+ Republican lawmakers across 22 states signed a letter to the White House opposing federal AI preemption. @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social on the growing GOP resistance and what's driving it. thedispatch.com/article/whit...

The White House’s AI Strongarming Frustrates Fellow Republicans

The Trump administration has pressured GOP lawmakers into yanking state proposals for AI regulations.

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Section 230 immunized Big Tech from liability in the early days of the internet, and American users and kids have paid the price ever since. Now industry wants the same deal for AI. ARI's Brad Carson on Chuck ToddCast on Section 230: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

We're live. ARI's Brad Carson is set to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee right now on Section 230, AI liability, and what Congress must do differently to protect Americans in the age of AI. Watch → www.commerce.senate.gov

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New @MorningConsult polling: - 75% of voters: no autonomous weapons without human oversight. - 76% are concerned about AI-enabled surveillance. - Americans are 2x more likely to distrust than trust government AI surveillance. ari.us/surveillance...

ARI is hiring a PAC assistant - help us get the word out! We're looking for 1+ year PAC/political fundraising and an interest in AI policy. Apply here: ats.rippling.com/americans-fo...

New research shows, in some cases, AI models resist shutdown commands 97% of the time. Findings from Palisade Research show leading models actively interfered and sabotaged mechanisms to preserve their own functionality. Read the full paper on arXiv here ⬇️ arxiv.org/abs/2509.14260

Selling our most advanced AI chips to China would trade away America’s technological edge. Today, ARI shared a memo with the Trump Administration, warning against Blackwell exports to our primary geopolitical competitor. Full memo: ari.us/b30memo

AI innovation requires a few key ingredients: compute, data, and energy. China leads in two, but the U.S. still dominates in compute. That’s why strong chip export controls matter. We can't give away a critical US advantage. Brad Carson on the Trajectory with Daniel Faggella

Tomorrow, Bruce Wittmann from Microsoft joins ARI’s panel on AI and biosecurity to discuss new research revealing loopholes in biosecurity screening and how to close them. 🧬 Register now → ari.us/biosecurity

This Wednesday, @deanwb.bsky.social joins a panel of experts at ARI’s event on AI and biosecurity to discuss how policymakers can close the gap between AI’s protein design capabilities and current safeguards. 🧬 Register here → ari.us/biosecurity

New @ifp.bsky.social research shows exporting B30A chips to China would erase a key U.S. advantage. Our 31x compute lead could shrink below 4x, or even flip in China’s favor. Selling B30s means giving away the edge that keeps America ahead. 🔗 ifp.org/the-b30a-dec...

AI chip security is a cornerstone of national security. The GAIN AI Act would require chipmakers to serve US buyers before exporting to countries of concern. It’s a measured, market-based safeguard that protects US innovation and keeps American firms from falling behind.

The revised GAIN AI Act is earning support, even from the industry, including Microsoft. Microsoft’s policy lead called the proposal “really positive,” saying it keeps advanced compute in the U.S. while empowering allies to build on American innovation.

New bill text, same mission: The GAIN AI Act would ensure US companies have access to advanced AI chips before they’re sold to countries of concern. ARI’s Mitch Kominsky discusses the bill's path forward with @bgov.com. Important progress towards getting this passed in the NDAA.

Great to see members of the ARI team join leaders from tech, policy, and innovation at this year's tech prom! Huge thanks to @cdt.org for hosting!

Next week: ARI hosts a virtual panel on AI and biosecurity. New research found that AI-created loopholes let harmful synthetic proteins slip past screening tools — a serious national security risk. 🗓 Oct 29 | 3–4PM ET 🔗 RSVP: ari.us/biosecurity

NEW: State lawmakers are urging Congress NOT to preempt AI laws. @ncslorg.bsky.social's new bipartisan letter asks Congress not to undermine state AI safeguards, warning that doing so would impair protections for children, jobs, privacy and safety. Full letter here ↓ www.ncsl.org/resources/de...

AI is advancing faster than biosecurity practices. Next week, join ARI and leading experts, including an author of Microsoft's latest study, to discuss the widening gap between AI’s bio capabilities and security practices. 🗓 Oct 29 | 3–4PM ET 🔗 RSVP: ari.us/biosecurity

OpenAI is facing accusations of leading an intimidation campaign: using subpoenas to intimidate nonprofits advocating for better AI safeguards. Seven orgs say they were targeted without cause. Read more in the latest issue of The Output. theaioutput.substack.com/p/openai-sub...

AI law preemption is the sequel to Section 230 that nobody asked for. In a new op-ed for @techpolicypress.bsky.social, Brad Carson writes that preemption doubles down on the same old mistakes, shielding Big Tech from accountability as new online harms emerge: www.techpolicy.press/a-new-sectio...

A New Section 230: Why AI Preemption Would Let Tech Off the Hook Again | TechPolicy.Press

Preempting state laws on AI is essentially version 2.0 of Section 230, writes former congressman Brad Carson.

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ARI President Brad Carson spoke at @far.ai's Technical Innovations for AI policy conference on 14 unanswered questions on the development of AI. Check out his full remarks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1DC...