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The Trouble With AI Safety Treaties
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) “foundation models” capabilities have brought conversations about AI to the ...
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Everything You Need to Know about Bail and Pretrial Release
Crime has steadily declined since the 1980s and 1990s, yet pretrial detention has quadrupled—today, nearly half a million ...
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Should Utah change its vote-by-mail system?
The Utah Legislature is considering changes to the state’s vote-by-mail system. On this episode of Defending Ideas, Nic Dunn sits down with R Street Institute Resident Fellow in Governance Jonathan ...
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Three Things to Know About Verifying Voter Citizenship
Requiring proof of citizenship to vote in American elections has emerged as a priority issue in the early days of the 119th Congress and in state capitals across the country. At the federal level, ...
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Vance calls for more open AI policy at Paris summit
Resident Senior Fellow Adam Thierer at the R Street Institute noted that Vance’s speech struck tones of optimism over AI’s potential rather than pessimism.  “This was a significant departure from past ...
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R Street Testimony before the Senate Virginia Privileges and Elections Committee in Support of VA HB 2277, Certification of Election Results
Dr. Jonathan Madison, Governance Fellow, R Street Institute Testimony in Support of VA HB 2277, “Elections administration; duties of local electoral board certification of election, civil penalty.” ...
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R Street, Other Organizations Raise Major Concerns Over the Sudden Removal of Government Watchdogs
As civil society organizations from across the political spectrum, we write to express our deep concern about President Trump’s removal of at least 17 inspectors general (IG) on January 24, 2025 ...
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Vice President JD Vance Resets the Global AI Agenda with Paris AI Action Summit Address
This analysis is in response to breaking news and will be updated. Please contact [email protected] to speak with the author. Today in France, Vice President JD Vance delivered a powerful keynote address ...
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Lawsuit reform is happening this year, and it’s going to be big
Gov. Brian Kemp has apparently run out of patience and is demanding the Legislature pass meaningful tort reform. At a recent press conference, he called on lawmakers to do it this legislation session, ...
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An Ever-Changing, Increasingly Toxic Drug Supply Makes Harm Reduction Essential
Authors Table of Contents Media Contact For general and media inquiries and to book our experts, please contact: [email protected] Harm reduction directly empowers people who use drugs to stay safer and ...
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Testimony for the Virginia Senate Privileges and Elections Committee in Opposition to VA HB 2479, Artificial Intelligence Campaign Disclosures
Chris McIsaac, Governance Fellow, R Street Institute Testimony in Opposition to VA HB 2479, “Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.” February 11, 2025 Virginia Senate Committee ...
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L.A. wildfires exposed a confluence of bad state policy
This column is based on my testimony last week to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Administrative ...