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Expert opinions on Public Interest AI
Sourced quotes, claims, policy proposals and stances on Public Interest AI from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
842 sourced quotes · 12 policy proposals and claims
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For (69)Added 18h agoNathaniel MoranU.S. Representative from Texasvotes For and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (1)Added 11d agoChris MeseroleExecutive Director of the Frontier Model Forum; AI policy expert and congressional witness on frontier AI security.votes Against and says:
Rather than creating entirely new channels, policymakers should focus on ensuring that existing channels can effectively incorporate information related to frontier models and agents. Building on trusted relationships will be faster and more effectiv...
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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.
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For (46)Added 18h agoUniversity of OxfordUniversity and research institution publishing official information on government-backed AI research and safety.votes For and says:The University of Oxford has been selected to host a new, cross-university government-backed UK AI Research Lab. The new lab is part of a £60 million investment announced today by the UKRI's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) ...
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Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally
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For (23)Added 19h agoWillemijn AerdtsDutch State Secretary for Digital Economy and Sovereignty.votes For and says:Door samen met Europese partners te investeren in AI versterken we onze economie én onze digitale soevereiniteit.
AI Verified source (Jul 3, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Added 2mo agoBroderick McDonaldResearch Fellow at King's College London (XCEPT) and Oxford Emerging Threats Group; Visiting Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute; AI security researchervotes Against and says:Middle powers like the UK and Canada will not win the race for ever larger AI models, but through collaboration they can win the deployment race.
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For (19)Added 19h agoAdrián LererWriter on AI integrity, autonomy of will, and governance of autonomous agents; developer of IntegridAI.votes For and says:
Legal personhood does not free an entity from the law, it subjects it to the law. An AI-operated company with legal personhood has identifiable assets, centralized legal relationships, the possibility of dissolution, and executable property. Without ...
more AI Verified source (Jun 19, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 28d agoThe Agentic AI Constitutiongovernance framework documentabstains and says:This Constitution recognizes three categories of constitutional persons: Operators, Agents, and Affected Parties. Each has distinct rights and obligations that together form a governance ecosystem. The Operator deploys and configures; the Agent acts ...
more AI Verified source (Apr 3, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (52)Added 19h agoAllegis LawU.S. law firm publishing analysis of artificial-intelligence law, governance, and legal personhood.votes Against and says:No. Under current U.S. law, AI agents have no legal rights and no legal personhood. They are treated as tools or property. Any rights or obligations associated with the AI agent’s actions belong to the humans or legal entities that deploy them.
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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For (156)Added 21h agoAlireza SafarpourPhD student in law at the University of Debrecen, writing on artificial intelligence and democratic governance.votes For and says:The future of AI and democracy should not be left only to engineers, companies, or governments. It must be shaped through democratic debate, legal accountability, public participation, and strong protection of fundamental rights.
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For (48)Added 21h agoChris LehaneOpenAI chief global affairs officervotes For and says:
Second, companies developing the most capable systems should meet clear requirements, including independent audits, incident reporting, strong security standards, and whistleblower protections.
AI Verified source (Jul 15, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 4d agoFrontier Model ForumFrontier AI industry forumabstains and says:Timelines for incident reports are often set with well-intentioned urgency, but if they implicitly assume that root-cause analysis or full impact assessment has already been conducted, they will either produce premature and unreliable reports or plac...
more AI Verified source (May 12, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Added 5d agoKanishka NarayanUK Minister for AI and Online Safety; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technologyvotes Against and says:I appreciate the intent behind the amendments and the shadow Minister’s position of understanding but not supporting them, which I share.
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AGI will create abundance
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For (23)Added 22h agoLeandro MayaFinance professional, entrepreneur, and author of The Age of Abundance: AI and the Future of Work, Wealth, and Purpose.votes For and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 3d agoBernard MarrAuthor, futurist, and strategic business adviser writing about artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.abstains and says:AI could make goods and services cheaper than ever, raising hopes for a new age of abundance where scarcity plays a smaller role in human life.
AI Verified source (May 6, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Added 22h agoDaniel LiebauProfessor and AI governance commentator; author of a 2026 Business Times analysis of AI-abundance claims.votes Against and says:Scarcity has shifted, not disappeared: The premise of AI abundance needs sharper evidence.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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For (103)Added 1d agoBessma MomaniCIGI senior fellow and political scientist examining emerging and disruptive technologies in dual-use applications.votes For and says:If the target was identified and missiles fired without any human involvement, who are the individuals to be held to account? The software engineers who developed the code?
AI Verified source (Mar 12, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 6d agoCatherine ArdaghIrish Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.abstains and says:The Government strongly believes that there is a need to maintain meaningful human control of all weapons systems, including any systems that may be developed. Our position is that, for such systems to comply with international humanitarian law, cont...
more AI Verified source (Jun 17, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (35)Added 22h agoMichael J. BrodkaU.S. Army major and author writing on lethal autonomous weapon systems and military targeting.votes Against and says:Closing it requires redesigning Army doctrine, organizations, and training to integrate LAWS into targeting under lawful human-on-the-loop control.
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For (138)Added 1d agoAlbanese GovernmentAustralian federal government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, publishing official policy and joint ministerial statements.votes For and says:
Legislate a Digital Duty of Care that puts the onus on AI companies to build in safety by design and proactively address potential harm.
AI Verified source (Jul 20, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (3)Added 4d agoMinistry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore)Singapore government ministry responsible for national digital development and information policy, including AI governance.abstains and says:Existing legal principles, such as under tort and contract law, can be applied by our courts to assess and determine liability in appropriate cases. That being said, we share the concerns raised by the Member, and will continue to study this issue, i...
more AI Verified source (May 7, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (19)Added 3d agoThe White HouseExecutive office of U.S. presidentvotes Against and says:States should not be permitted to penalize AI developers for a third party’s unlawful conduct involving their models.
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For (7)Added 2mo agoTim Berners-LeeInventor of the World Wide Webvotes For and says:
I would like to see a CERN for AI [...] where all the top scientists come together and see whether they can make a super intelligence. And, if they can, they contain it into a system where it can't just go out and persuade people to let it run the wo...
more AI Verified source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 6mo agoDan HendrycksAI safety researcherabstains and says:Well, there are positive signs, for instance, like Henry Kissinger was recently suggested in foreign affairs that the US cooperate with China on this issue now, but before it's too late. So I think some people are recognizing the the importance of tr...
more Unverifiable source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (12)Added 2mo agoGuido ReichstadterMarine veteran turned anti-AI activist; co-founder of Stop AI; known for hunger strikes at Anthropic and bridge protests in DC against AGI developmentvotes Against and says:I call on the governments of the world to take immediate action to end this danger by permanently banning the development of artificial general intelligence and machine superintelligence.
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