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One-page briefs on technology policy. Each lays out the problem, the evidence and a staircase of options, from a floor Congress can pass now to the most ambitious reform.

Kids + Social Media

Kids + Social MediaNo. 01Time-Spent Data Disclosure + Researcher Safe HarborLet the public see what the phone already counts.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 02Harm Disclosure + Warning LabelTell people what the feed is built to maximize.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 03Content Ratings + User ControlsGive families the dials advertisers already have.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 04Algorithm Opt-OutLet everyone opt out; default children to their friends.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 05Duty of Care for MinorsBuild products for children with reasonable care, or answer for it.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 06Section 230 Reform — Restoring Choice to the American PeopleThirty years on, make Section 230 keep its promises.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 07School Phone BansLet the school day belong to learning.Read the brief Kids + Social MediaNo. 08Antitrust for Social PlatformsAmericans should be able to leave a platform without leaving their friends.Read the brief

Chatbots

ChatbotsNo. 09Time-Spent Research for ChatbotsMeasure how chatbots are changing American life.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 10Personal Memory ControlA chatbot's memory of you should answer to you.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 11Chatbot Harm DisclosuresThe more a chatbot invites trust, the more it must disclose.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 12Chatbot Parental ControlsLet parents decide what role a chatbot plays at home.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 13Anti-Compulsion and Simulated Personhood RestrictionsA tool should be something Americans can put down.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 14Chatbot Duty of CareWhoever designs the conversation should answer for its foreseeable dangers.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 15Personal Liability for Chatbot ExecutivesThose who make the safety call should sign their names to it.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 16AI Ban for MinorsKeep companions and open-ended chatbots out of children's unsupervised hands.Read the brief ChatbotsNo. 17Structural Remedies for Chatbot MarketsYour assistant should answer to you, not to whoever pays for placement.Read the brief

Cyber / Bio / Kinetic

Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 18Fund More Evaluation ScienceFund the yardsticks that tell us what AI can do.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 19Pre-deployment TestingTest for weapons risks before a model reaches the public.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 20Chip RegistryKnow who controls America's largest AI supercomputers.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 21Required Standard ClassifierScreen AI requests for weapons help, as DNA suppliers screen orders.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 22Duty of Care Liability for Severe AI HarmsMake AI developers answer for the catastrophes they can foresee.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 23Chip ControlsMake AI chip export controls steady, enforced, and answerable to Congress.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 24Log InspectionGive AI a flight recorder, and let independent investigators read it.Read the brief Cyber / Bio / KineticNo. 25Global Treaty and SlowdownNegotiate verifiable AI limits, and set clear terms for a pause.Read the brief

Economic Competitiveness

Economic CompetitivenessNo. 26Work Impact Study + Augmentation TrialsMeasure what AI is actually doing to American work.Read the brief Economic CompetitivenessNo. 27Disclosure of Organizational AI UseWhen AI shapes a decision about you, you deserve to know.Read the brief Economic CompetitivenessNo. 28AI Training + Copyright TransparencyShow creators what went into the model, and how it got there.Read the brief Economic CompetitivenessNo. 29Capital v. Person Tax NeutralityThe tax code should not prefer the machine to the worker.Read the brief Economic CompetitivenessNo. 30Modernize Antitrust for AI MarketsLet enforcers see AI deals before a rival disappears.Read the brief Economic CompetitivenessNo. 31Income Subsidy Pilot for Workers in TransitionTest a steady income floor before the country needs one.Read the brief Economic CompetitivenessNo. 32Public AI InfrastructurePut frontier-scale computing within reach of American researchers.Read the brief

Foundational

FoundationalNo. 33Rapidly Scale U.S. Government AI CapabilityA government that buys AI needs people who understand it.Read the brief FoundationalNo. 34AI Whistleblower ProtectionLet the people who build AI warn the country.Read the brief FoundationalNo. 35Nonprofit Technology InstitutesFund independent builders of technology that makes people more capable.Read the brief FoundationalNo. 36Executive Oversight of Federal AIName who decides, who acts, and who answers for federal AI.Read the brief FoundationalNo. 37Federal Research Lab for Human HarmsMeasure what AI does to people before the habits set.Read the brief