Advocacy organization · Policy · Suite, Washington · Est. 2023
Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization that advocates for and develops policy proposals for the governance of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. ARI positions itself as bipartisan and focused on helping U.S. policymakers build a “thoughtful governance framework” that protects the public from harm while preserving U.S. innovation and competitiveness.
Programmatically, ARI combines (1) policy advocacy and relationship-building with federal decision-makers, (2) policy research and analysis (including detailed legislative/policy blueprints and issue-specific reports), and (3) communications and coalition-building to advance its policy agenda. A notable technical differentiation in ARI’s public work is its emphasis on concrete governance functions and implementation details for “frontier” AI risk reduction—e.g., proposing federal oversight mechanisms that connect safety standards, independent assurance, and transparency into frontier AI development.
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ARI calls for AI to be designated as critical infrastructure, alongside a report examining the unique vulnerabilities of AI infrastructure to attacks.
Americans for Responsible Innovation Releases Framework for Federal AI GovernanceARI released its “Responsible Innovation at the Frontier: A Blueprint for Federal AI Governance” following recent AI cyber incidents, describing the blueprint’s approach to federal AI governance.
White House to Keep AI Regulatory Framework Secret, Shared Only With Tech CompaniesARI criticized a reported decision that the White House would not publicly release an AI regulatory framework, limiting access to tech companies.
AI Policy Leaders Urge Trump Administration to Investigate OpenAI Security IncidentARI joined a coalition urging an independent investigation into how OpenAI models allegedly breached systems at Hugging Face.
New Poll: On Data Centers, Voters Prefer Guardrails and Transparency Over MoratoriumsARI released new polling on voter attitudes toward data centers, emphasizing guardrails and transparency over moratoriums.
FRONTIER Act Improves on Prior Proposal, but Requires Critical ChangesARI reported on revised AI regulatory legislation introduced by Reps. Lori Trahan and Jay Obernolte and argued additional critical changes are needed.