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America’s AI Leadership

AI is the most transformative technology of our lifetimes, bestowing potentially decisive military, economic, and scientific advantages to nations that best harness its potential. The Tech Program conducts wide-ranging policy research to secure and extend America’s AI leadership, such as identifying bottlenecks to continued progress such as energy and computing infrastructure, developing governance frameworks that balance innovation and risk management, and developing a strategy to scale AI partnerships and adoption abroad rooted in democratic values as a counter to China’s emerging techno-authoritarianism.

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Artificial Intelligence Security and Stability

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is at a pivotal moment. AI capabilities continue to rapidly improve, with top-performing AI systems on the verge of eclipsing h...

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Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a global competition for leadership to develop, deploy, and govern this era-defining technology. Forecasts that AI c...

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