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Expert opinions on Transparency
Quotes, votes and policy statements on Transparency from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
208 sourced quotes · 8 policy proposals and claims
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For (25)Added 22min agoLori TrahanU.S. representative from Massachusettsvotes For and says:
There's much more to do, including giving CAISI the authority to create the standards we need to know whether a frontier model is safe before it ships, not after something goes wrong.
AI Verified source (Jun 25, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (6)Added 3mo agoAndrew NgBaidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brainvotes Against and says:However, it is important to differentiate regulating applications (which we need) vs. regulating the technology (which is ill-advised).
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For (20)Added 3d agoValerie FousheeU.S. Representative for North Carolina's 4th congressional district; sponsor of the Protecting Consumers from Deceptive AI Actvotes For and says:
Artificial intelligence is moving quickly, and Congress has a responsibility to meet this moment. My Protecting Consumers From Deceptive AI Act will help protect creators and creative work and ensure Americans know when they are viewing or interactin...
more AI Verified source (Jun 26, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 1mo agoDavid InserraFellow for Free Expression and Technology at the Cato Institutevotes Against and says:A media environment with more false and deceptive information is not a good thing for our society, but it is not the government's job to fix it. [...] Let's trust the American people, not the government, to decide for themselves how AI should be used...
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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For (26)Added 11d agoAnthropicAI safety research companyvotes For and says:Public input is critical to ensuring that powerful AI serves humanity’s interests.
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Mandate third-party audits for major AI systems
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For (36)Added 13d agoRebecca Bauer-KahanCalifornia State Assembly membervotes For and says:Good AI policy requires independent verification of safety. AB 1405 will take a significant step in creating the ecosystem for independent verification to become a reality. By working in concert with Sen. McNerney we are building a framework where Ca...
more AI Verified source (Jun 17, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Added 6mo agoKevin FrazierLawfare contributorvotes Against and says:Finally, it’s not clear how well some of the act’s provisions reflect the current state of the AI ecosystem. The act demands that labs hire an independent third party to complete an annual audit of their protocols to ensure compliance with the act. T...
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For (24)Added 4mo agoJulia SmakmanLegal researcher, Ada Lovelace Institutevotes For and says:
platforms that host libraries of open-source AI models to ensure that models are uploaded with appropriate system and safety information
Unverified source (2025)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 4mo agoGavin NewsomGovernor of Californiaabstains and says:I do not believe this is the best approach to protecting the public from real threats posed by the technology.
Unverified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Added 3mo agoAndrew NgBaidu; Stanford CS faculty; founded Coursera and Google Brainvotes Against and says:However, it is important to differentiate regulating applications (which we need) vs. regulating the technology (which is ill-advised).
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For (12)Added 8mo agoStuart J. RussellAI Expert and Professorvotes For and says:
“If we pursue [our current approach], then we will eventually lose control over the machines. But, we can take a different route that actually leads to AI systems that are beneficial to humans,” said Russell. “We could, in fact, have a better civiliz...
more AI Verified source (2023)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 1mo agoReid HoffmanLinkedIn co-founder, venture capitalist, author of Superagencyabstains and says:We have a very natural instinct to say: we want as much interpretability as possible. One of the sci-fi worry cases is that agents start speaking in languages to each other that we don't understand. [...] I bet there are ways to define boundaries tha...
more Disputed source (2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Added 6mo agoScott RobbinsAI ethics researchervotes Against and says:[...] principles requiring that AI be explicable are misguided. We should be deciding which decisions require explanations. Automation is still an option;
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