Introducing the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy
We’re excited to introduce the Institute for AI Policy & Strategy (IAPS), a think tank with the mission of reducing risks related to the development & deployment of advanced AI systems. We do this by:
producing and sharing research that grounds concrete recommendations in strategic considerations
strengthening coordination and talent pipelines across the AI governance fields
We do both deep research driven by our research agendas and rapid-turnaround outputs or briefings driven by decision-makers’ immediate needs
We do both public and nonpublic work. Across all our work, intellectual independence is a core value; we are nonpartisan and do not accept funding from for-profit organizations. Read more about our funding and intellectual independence policy here.
We aim to bridge the technical and policy worlds. We have expertise on frontier models and the hardware underpinning them, and staff in San Francisco, DC, London, Oxford, and elsewhere.
Our focus areas
We currently have three teams:
AI regulation: This team is currently focused on US AI standards, regulations, and legislation. We aim to answer questions such as how an agency to regulate advanced AI should be set up and operate, and how AI regulations could be updated rapidly yet still in well-informed ways. Our methods include drawing lessons from regulation in other sectors.
Compute governance: This team works to establish a firmer empirical and theoretical grounding for the fledgling field of compute governance, inform ongoing policy processes and debates, and develop more concrete technical and policy proposals. Currently we are focused on understanding the impact of existing compute-related US export controls, and researching what changes to the controls or their enforcement may be feasible and beneficial.
International governance & China: This team works to improve decisions at the intersection of AI governance and international governance or China. We are interested in international governance regimes for frontier AI, China-West relations concerning AI, and relevant technical and policy developments within China.
We also do some work outside the above four areas.
Following our work
We’re excited about the work we’ll be releasing soon and have planned for 2024. You can subscribe at the bottom of this page to receive updates on our work and follow us on X or LinkedIn. Also feel free to contact us.