Research
The latest research from Americans for Responsible Innovation.
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Hands on the Trigger: The Operational Necessity of Humans with Lethal Autonomy
This report finds that meaningful human control over autonomous weapon systems is a necessary, operationally achievable safeguard that preserves command accountability, reduces the risk of unrecoverab...
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Competitive Compliance: Why Uniform Screening Standards Support Innovation and Thwart Regulatory Capture
This report finds that mandatory gene synthesis screening is a necessary, cost-effective biosecurity safeguard that closes a critical federal gap, strengthens market integrity, and can be implemented ...
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Proactively Developing & Assisting the Workforce in the Age of AI
Research examines areas of workforce and AI policy that lawmakers should explore, including data and measurement, workforce development and education, improved social safety nets, and place-based and ...
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The Stick, the Carrot, and the Net: Policy Approaches for Addressing AI Agent Harms
This report examines three policy approaches for addressing AI agent harms: the “stick” of conventional tort liability; the “carrot” of liability immunity in exchange for proactive governance ...
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Recommendations to OSTP for Gene Synthesis Screening Framework
This report examines pathways for implementation of the Trump Administration's May 5th Executive Order, Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research, offering policy ideas that make it mor...
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State-Level AI Laws May Drive Adoption of AI Tools
State-level AI legislation does not hinder public interest in and adoption of generative AI tools—in fact, it may help drive it. As policymakers weigh the risks and benefits of AI regulation, this p...
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Federal Preemption of State Laws
Author Iskandar Haykel examines how state laws would be impacted by federal legislation that would preempt state AI regulation for the next 10 years. This research explores case studies of state tech ...
