Informed policy that leads to beneficial change is extremely challenging to develop without being able to measure the material impacts of GenAI.

Southeast Asia’s developers have sought to democratize AI by building language models that better represent the region’s languages, worldviews, and values. Yet, language is deeply political in a region as multiculturally diverse and complex as Southeast Asia. Can localized large language models truly preserve and project the region’s nuances?

AI presents a challenge for policymakers: a large number of potential risks have not emerged yet, but could emerge quickly. A first step toward navigating this challenge is recognizing that artificial intelligence doesn’t have the sort of stable, well-understood limitations it used to.

By promoting transparent water use reporting, policymakers can advance insights into the scale and scope of data center-induced water risks and help develop timely interventions. 

AI is a rapidly developing industry where pragmatism and dynamism are key. An approach prioritizing early release and iteration may be the best hope to reduce risk at a satisfactory pace.

Six possible future AI capabilities that could deserve advance preparation and pre-commitments, in order to avoid catastrophic risks.

The United States must now start working very hard with allies to secure democratic advantage in the domain of frontier AI

The AI community is at risk of becoming polarized to either take a laissez-faire attitude toward AI development, or to call for government overregulation. 

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of AI regulation in India by examining perspectives across government, industry, and civil society stakeholders. It evaluates the current regulatory state and proposes a policy roadmap forward. Does India need new AI regulations? What should they look like? Who is driving this debate in India and what are their views?

Together, these papers underscore the importance of legal liability to the governance of this globally transformative technology.

This compendium provides an independent look at how to get the most out of India’s current technology ecosystem, and the measures that may need to be adopted or re-considered in order to build a lasting and enduring framework for policy changes in the select areas under the current administration.

Meeting the moment with AI will require a multifaceted approach with stakeholders from many sectors and disciplines. They will need to build a clear vision for larger and slower-moving global policy-centric projects to work alongside more focused and agile scientific efforts that meet pressing needs.