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David Robusto
Policy

David Robusto

Associate Director of Policy Strategy

Former Emerging Technology Analyst at Gates Ventures

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RESEARCH • 2025

Transparency in Frontier AI

ARI ranks seven big-name AI models on measures of transparency. The study explores transparency in four primary areas, including user-facing documentation, risk and safety, technical...

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POLICY BYTES • 2025

Policy Recommendations: Full Funding for NIST and AI Incident Reporting

Today, ARI is releasing two new policy memos for the Trump administration and the 119th Congress as they develop their AI policy priorities. Implementing the...

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POLICY BYTES • 2025

Explainer: Trump’s Week One Actions on AI, What’s Affected, and What Comes Next?

President Trump’s first round of executive orders included a dramatic shift in U.S. AI policy. On his first day in office, Trump repealed the cornerstone...

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POLICY BYTES • 2025

Star-Spangled AI: OpenAI’s Blueprint for Progress and Politics

At the end of December, my colleague Iskandar Haykel and I wrote a blog post recapping three major trends in the AI industry in 2024,...

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POLICY BYTES • 2025

The Murky State of Frontier AI Transparency

Medical AI "scribes" are now documenting over 1.3 million physician-patient encounters each month, with investment doubling to $800 million in 2024 alone. These AI assistants...

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POLICY BYTES • 2024

2024 AI Recap: Three Trends in AI This Year

Moving Away from Big Models, Embracing the Military, and Fighting Regulation By David Robusto and Iskandar Haykel The world of artificial intelligence looks different than...

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