Vilas Dhar

President, @PJMFdn | AI Policy Expert | Independent Board Director | Building Human Opportunity in a Digital World

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

Compassion, creativity, and tipsy elephants—🐘💡 who knew they'd be the stars of our AI future? Dive into my TEDx talk to see how AI is not just a tool, but a transformation in our relationship with the world. #AITransforms #CreativityForGood https://t.co/2uCCbqFrzF

[Karyn Caplan @KarynCaplan]

Tomorrow! How AI is augmenting human ability to generate new forms of expression, creativity & connection w/@vilasdhar, @vivian, @gioasempre, @baratunde, @poppycrum, @crassociati, @TarynSouthern, @CatieCuan, @reggiewatts, @tedtremper, @KingWillonius +++

#SharedFuturesAI #NYC

[Yahia Lababidi @YahiaLababidi]

Creation is an act of love.

— @vilasdhar

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

Insight #4: An insight from down under: Cam Wilson at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports that Australia chose a different model for AI regulation, asking agencies to police their own use, and that many missed the first required transparency test. That is the contrast with the Anthropic story: one system is too weak to make agencies explain how they use AI, while another can move fast enough to shut access down overnight.

https://t.co/sFFZ73xdaQ

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

Insight #2: Maxwell Zerg at @WIRED reports that the order covered “any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.” The phrase about employees illustrates how wide-ranging this directive is - US companies are built on global talent - locking out foreign national employees hamstrings American innovation.

https://t.co/fONXrioJTw

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

Insight #1: @AlexisRen Alex and @m_ccuri at @axios broke the story blocking “foreign governments, companies and individuals” from accessing Anthropic’s most advanced models, leading Anthropic to cut off all customer access. Not hostile actors, not military labs, but governments, companies, and individuals. Maria - we touched on the idea that this might happen in our keynote together at NACD!

https://t.co/skKet3FXXp

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

I wrote in @TIME this week on how power over AI is exercised and who gets a say. The next test arrived within 48 hours. I lead @PJMFdn the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and advise governments on AI policy. Reporting this out tonight? I’m happy to chat

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

Breaking: The U.S. government just used national security authorities to order Anthropic to cut off its most advanced AI models, including the just-released Fable 5. The company revoked model access for everyone, worldwide, within hours.

One day AI is a product. The next day it is too dangerous to access. 🧵

[Vilas Dhar @vilasdhar]

My view: if the government found a flaw serious enough to justify this, the public deserves to understand it. If it did not, the public deserves to know that too. Security and access are both national interests. Tonight only one of them had a voice.

[Georgetown Initiative on CST and Public Life @GUcstpubliclife]

Last week, Initiative director @KDaniels8 participated in an @AspenInstitute panel along with @vilasdhar and @josh_good_ on #MagnificaHumanitas

“The centerpiece of Catholic social teaching and the conversation that Pope Leo is engaging in is the idea of what it means to be a flourishing human person and how we live that out in our lives. So it has implications for policy, for democratic participation, for our interpersonal relations, for how we live in this new environment that we’re increasingly entering of artificial intelligence and the digital revolution.” – Kim Daniels

Watch the full recording here: https://t.co/z2KqQKKqC1

[Patrick J McGovern Foundation @PJMFdn]

Pope Leo XIV warns that authority is shifting from citizens to machines. Days later, President Trump signed an AI executive order. In his latest op-ed, @vilasdhar asks who gets a voice in the construction site of our time as AI reshapes public life: https://t.co/7a7Z1Znw1O

[Patrick J McGovern Foundation @PJMFdn]

Domestic workers are excluded from federal labor protections. The National Domestic Workers Alliance built Ask Aya, a multilingual chatbot shaped by 1,000+ workers, to help them know their rights and negotiate fair pay. Learn more: https://t.co/SYahqtQP7E

[Georgetown Initiative on CST and Public Life @GUcstpubliclife]

On Friday 5/29 at 12:15 pm EDT, Kim Daniels @KDaniels8 will join the @AspenReligion panel on “Magnifica Humanitas: Catholic Thought for the Digital Age” along with @vilasdhar, @josh_good_, and moderator Vivian Schiller @AspenInstitute
RSVP: https://t.co/uADUnDMBtF

[Hindustan Times @htTweets]

In this episode, @AnirudhSuri sits with @vilasdhar, President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, member of the UN High Level Advisory Body on Al,to discuss whether too much of AI’s direction is being shaped by Silicon Valley.

Vilas shares a refreshing perspective from India. He talks about students across colleges who aren’t just thinking about big money or business ideas but are building AI solutions to solve real problems in their own families and communities.

Watch the full conversation now: https://t.co/0vi06mjXAB

#AIFutures #TheGreatTechGame #AnirudhSuri #VilasDhar #AIImpactsummit2026

[Patrick J McGovern Foundation @PJMFdn]

AI development has long treated the Global South as a source of raw data rather than a partner. At the 2026 Global Inclusive Growth Forum, @vilasdhar made the case for communities to own the data and governance of AI built on them: https://t.co/Pqyam97H40 @CNTR4growth

[The Technology Equalizer @TechEqualizer]

Why philanthropy needs to prepare itself for a world powered by AI https://t.co/ckBeGOZPY2 @KayFButterfield @vilasdhar #ArtificialIntelligence #philanthropy
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[National Fair Housing Alliance @natfairhouse]

Day 2!✅ Thank you to our moderators, panelists, and attendees for another incredible day of discussions on shaping the future of #AI through collaboration, equitable practices, and diverse perspectives. We'll see you tomorrow for our last day at #RAIS2026!

[Aspen Digital @AspenDigital]

The latest issue of Signal and Trust is out now! It explores how AI is effecting reporting in war zones and features an interview with @vilasdhar of @PJMFdn on why newsrooms should deepen commitments to AI.

Read this issue & sign up for monthly insights: https://t.co/cgAZeIyS7l

[Michael Akinwumi @angelofmath]

The question is no longer whether AI will shape #economic opportunity. It’s whether we will govern AI.
Next week, I’ll join @vilasdhar, President of @PJMFdn, at @natfairhouse's 3rd Responsible #AI #Symposium to examine what #accountability looks like in people’s lives, not just in frameworks.