The innovations emerging at the frontier of artificial intelligence are poised to create historic opportunities for humanity but also raise complex policy challenges. As the epicenter of global AI innovation, California has a unique opportunity to continue supporting developments in frontier AI while addressing substantial risks that could have far-reaching consequences for the state and beyond.
Rishi Bommasani
Fellow, Technology and International Affairs
Scott Singer is a fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he works on global AI development and governance with a focus on China.
Ruth E. Appel
Sarah Cen
A. Feder Cooper
Elena Cryst
Lindsey A. Gailmard
Founding Director, Carnegie California
Ian Klaus is the founding director of Carnegie California. He is a leading scholar on the nexus of urbanization, geopolitics, and global challenges, with extensive experience as a practitioner of subnational diplomacy.
Meredith M. Lee
Inioluwa Deborah Raji
Anka Reuel
Drew Spence
Alexander Wan
Angelina Wang
Daniel Zhang
Daniel E. Ho
Percy Liang
Dawn Song
Joseph E. Gonzalez
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and International Affairs Program
Jonathan Zittrain is a nonresident scholar in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Jennifer Tour Chayes
President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar is the tenth president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A former justice of the Supreme Court of California, he has served three U.S. presidential administrations at the White House and in federal agencies, and was the Stanley Morrison Professor at Stanford University, where he held appointments in law, political science, and international affairs and led the university’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Li Fei-Fei
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