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Papers, frameworks, and presentations

Markets Need Referees: An SEC-Model Commission for Artificial Intelligence

A bipartisan position paper and legislative framework proposing the American Artificial Intelligence Leadership and Accountability Act, which would establish the Artificial Intelligence Oversight Commission. Includes a full section-by-section architecture, the bipartisan case, anticipated objections, and an implementation timeline.

PDF · Working draft for congressional consideration · Published jointly with The GIE Foundation
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The AI Oversight Commission — Two-Page Brief

A condensed summary of the proposed Commission and the Act for policymakers, staff, and press: the problem, the SEC precedent, the tier structure, and what the framework deliberately does not do.

PDF · 2 pages · Summary of the position paper
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The Cost of Unaligned Intelligence

A briefing paper documenting the current harms of large language models, the physical and social costs of the data center buildout, and the future risk of unaligned AI — with sources throughout. Written for donors, journalists, and anyone new to the field.

PDF · 6 pages · Align AI Charitable Foundation
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Nobody Should Grade Their Own Homework

A plain-language presentation making the case for the AI Oversight Commission, built for general audiences: what AI is already doing today, why voluntary self-regulation isn't oversight, what the Act would actually require, and — just as importantly — what it deliberately leaves alone.

PDF slide deck · 8 slides · Free to present, share, and adapt
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Why AI needs a referee

A three-minute explanation of the current harms, the regulatory gap, and the proposed Artificial Intelligence Oversight Commission.

Beyond our own work

AGIRisk.com

A comprehensive, citation-backed reference on the risks of misaligned artificial general intelligence — capability timelines, failure scenarios, proposed solutions, and a full research glossary.

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Understanding the work

Our own primer on the three interconnected research domains we fund — alignment, safety, and ethics — and why neglected research directions matter most.

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The policy framework

A plain-language walkthrough of the proposed AI Oversight Commission: the case for action, the 1934 precedent, the tier structure, and the framework's designed limits.

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