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Iskandar Haykel

Policy analyst and writer on frontier AI governance at Americans for Responsible Innovation.

The arrival of genuinely dangerous AI capabilities requires moving beyond the current scheme of voluntary, developer-controlled oversight toward independent, structured pre-deployment assurance.

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Iskandar Haykel, “After Mythos,” Americans for Responsible Innovation, April 20, 2026.

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AI Verified Haykel advocates independent structured pre-deployment assurance, supporting third-party audits. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded for matches Haykel’s call for independent structured pre-deployment assurance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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