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, and Co-Director, China AI Initiative
Scott Singer is a fellow and co-director of the China AI Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his work explores the geopolitics and governance of advanced AI systems. He specializes in China’s AI ecosystem, with a particular focus on U.S.-China AI dialogue and diplomacy, U.S. and Chinese approaches to AI strategy, and comparative approaches to AI safety and risk management.
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
Former Carnegie President (2021-2026)
Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar was previously 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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Steve Feldstein, Shreya Joshi
Why governance of rapidly evolving technology will be distributed and complex.
Stewart Patrick, Scott Singer
It should address the shortcomings of previous crisis communication efforts and adapt to the demands of frontier AI.
Lucy Luo
While there are notable demographic, economic, and geographic divides over AI, there is also substantial alignment between Republicans and Democrats.
Ian Klaus, Mark Baldassare, Rachel George, …
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Steve Feldstein
