Morgan Plummer

VP for Policy Design @americans4ri | Tech & National Security | IR & Foreign Policy | American Politics | All Things Midwestern | Opinions Mine

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

Chatbots are built to mimic human conversation. For kids, that mimicry can drive unhealthy attachment and validate dangerous behavior.

Read ARI's latest Policy Byte, proposing a non-personified default setting on AI chatbots for minors:

https://t.co/EfwE5APrNJ

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

The new House NDAA misses an important opportunity to adopt strong AI standards and guardrails.

As DoW faces challenges on AI talent, wargaming, AI testing standards, and human oversight, ARI is urging Congress to strengthen the bill.

Our statement:
https://t.co/36wgbDjgij

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

ARI is hiring a Policy Analyst to help shape ARI's policy agenda on AI's economic and societal impact.

→ 2+ years policy experience
→ Background in legislative, executive, think tank, or advocacy
→ Interest in AI policy

Apply: https://t.co/eapab8QWo9

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

Adversaries are racing to build AI-savvy military talent. The Pentagon is losing its own to industry, often before HR processes the application.

New ARI Policy Byte: U.S. talent acquisition is the most under-resourced front in the AI race.

https://t.co/Hk2EA6ZgUi

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

AI-enabled weapons are compressing the window between machine recommendation and lethal engagement.

Below 3 seconds, operators cannot build situational awareness. New ARI policy byte argues for a statutory 5-second floor on lethal engagements.

https://t.co/gPpK1cBD0K

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

AI is already reshaping the battlefield. Until now, the governance picture has been harder to see.

Today, ARI is launching our Global Defense AI Policy Landscape, mapping military AI policy across 45 countries. Take a look at https://t.co/XBSpmvFghC

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

The Google-Pentagon deal is a wake-up call for Congress.

Our new white paper calls for a five-second rule to ensure meaningful human control of AI weapons, plus thorough verification of AI systems before any contract is awarded.

Axios has the story:

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

🚨Important step forward from the Trump Admin requiring transparency on data center energy usage.

Next step: Congress must direct EIA to take its pilot programs nationwide and standardize data center energy reporting across the country.
https://t.co/shGBdyZ2DI

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

GSA's proposal mandating that government be able to use AI systems for “any lawful purpose" poses major risks, both to American citizens and to the tech to government pipeline.

Industry and civil society are pushing back.

ARI's full comment to GSA:
https://t.co/xq2dOrwg76

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

The White House promised its AI framework would protect kids, artists & communities.

On all counts it falls short. States frozen out of AI policy, and kids and creators left vulnerable in the AI era.

Read @bradrcarson's op-ed in @techpolicypress:
https://t.co/A377td3Hnz

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

Pharmaceuticals, cars, and children's toys all face mandatory safety standards. AI platforms do not.

Two landmark court victories against Meta are a start, but Congress still needs to act. New Policy Byte from ARI: https://t.co/bPDnDWNRp5

[Morgan Plummer @mcplummer1789]

+1

[Brad Carson @bradrcarson]

I was COO for the US Army and then ran personnel policy for the entire DOD, and I legit can tell you his citation of military evidence for this idea is bunk, as is the idea itself.

[Peter Wildeford🇺🇸🚀 @peterwildeford]

BERNIE SANDERS: "In a sane world, the leadership of the United States sits down with the leadership in China... to work together so that we don't go over the edge and create a technology which could perhaps destroy humanity."

[Samuel Hammond 🦉 @hamandcheese]

@NathanLeamerDC I mean he quit his comfortable university president job to dual hat running an AI safety PAC and a think tank focused on cyber risks from AI, among other things. Granted, you do go to more happy hours.

[Justin Bullock @JustinBullock14]

We’ve entered the “deliberative democracy” part of the US AI governance arc. The next part is messy, but welcomed. If there was ever an issue to democratically deliberate upon, this is it.

[Morgan Plummer @mcplummer1789]

@SenWarren and @HawleyMO have this one right: we can’t manage what we can’t measure. Consumption transparency helps communities, local lawmakers, and regulators better understand the potential impacts of data center siting decisions. 👏

[WIRED @WIRED]

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers. https://t.co/P3napBVAzf

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

NEW: A judge has blocked the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply-chain risk.

As we move into the AI era, policymakers should be looking to encourage tech innovators to work with government, not scaring them off.

Our statement:
https://t.co/gtMFll0veE

[Americans for Responsible Innovation @americans4ri]

District Judge Rita Lin: “It looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic. It looks like [DOW] is punishing Anthropic for trying to bring public scrutiny to this contract dispute, which of course would be a violation of the First Amendment.”
https://t.co/P2WcWqqqX5

[Morgan Plummer @mcplummer1789]

Heard today: now that OAI has swooped in to take Anthropic’s DOD work, it’s time for them to start thinking about what it means to have a cleared workforce…this isn’t insignificant…having the govt as a customer is one thing…having the DOD as a customer is another thing entirely.

Interested to see how this plays out…

[Morgan Plummer @mcplummer1789]

One of things getting lost in the llama drama of the Anthropic/DOW row is that the whole episode exposes a HUGE policy and governance gap that needs to be closed in defense acquisitions and procurement.

Hopeful this episode catalyzes Congress to act as part of this year’s NDAA! Early signs are good!

https://t.co/dOkVoXfiZQ