Advocacy organization · Policy · Washington, DC · Est. 2023
Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) is a U.S. nonprofit focused on bipartisan policy advocacy and research on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. ARI’s mission is to help U.S. policymakers build a governance framework for rapidly advancing technologies that protects the public from harm while continuing to foster innovation.
ARI positions itself as independent of both industry and non-U.S. entities, and frames its work around cross-cutting governance goals (e.g., standards, assurance, and transparency for frontier AI) plus policy priorities spanning current harms, national security, American innovation, and emerging risks. ARI’s current strategic position is to translate its frontier governance blueprint into actionable legislative and administrative proposals, while expanding its advocacy footprint into state-level policy work.
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ARI reports that a coalition of over two dozen AI policy organizations and safety leaders urged the Senate to include clear, binding AI safety standards in any AI regulatory framework, emphasizing government-set mandatory enforceable standards and preserving the role of states for additional guardrails.
Anthropic and OpenAI Leaders Commit to Independent Evaluators for Powerful AI ModelsARI says Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for “pacing” and proposed providing third-party evaluators with employee-level access to verify adherence to safety practices; ARI urges federal government to turn voluntary commitments into enforceable safeguards.
Americans for Responsible Innovation Launches State-Level AI Advocacy InitiativeARI announces a new state-level AI advocacy initiative supported by new staff, describing an effort to help lawmakers navigate evolving AI policy across all 50 states and to focus on frontier AI risks affecting workers, children, and families.
More Than Two Dozen Organizations Urge White House to Make AI Framework PublicARI reports a cross-ideological coalition of 28 public interest and technology policy organizations sent a letter to the White House urging release of the Administration’s AI framework, arguing that public accountability and transparency are needed for the federal check before AI models are deployed.
ARI Calls for AI to be Designated as Critical InfrastructureARI reports that it released a report on AI infrastructure vulnerabilities and calls for the federal government to designate AI as critical infrastructure, including incident reporting requirements and coordination on security standards across the AI infrastructure stack.
Americans for Responsible Innovation Releases Framework for Federal AI GovernanceARI announces the release of its “Responsible Innovation at the Frontier” blueprint for federal AI governance, describing a framework built around standards, independent assurance, and government transparency; ARI positions the framework as a binding and adaptable response to frontier AI safety practices.