AI capabilities are advancing faster than U.S. law can adapt.
The Law Reform Institute identifies where existing legal rules are ill-suited to accommodate those changes and develops concrete proposals for updating or clarifying those rules. Much of our work focuses on legal gaps implicating national security issues.
Mitigating the security risks of advanced AI may require collaborative efforts across developers, yet fear of violating antitrust law deters developers from cooperation that would benefit the public. The Law Reform Institute is working to ensure that antitrust law does not serve as a barrier to legitimate collaboration on serious security risks.
U.S. export controls have not yet been adjusted to account for the ability of AI to output controlled information. The Law Reform Institute is working to identify where the current regime is ill-equipped to address the challenges posed by AI and how policymakers can update the regime in response.
The Law Reform Institute is also working on several other issues related to use of executive branch authorities affecting AI: