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We find, build, and scale the solutions needed for our transition to a world with AI.
Washington, D.C.
Joined July 2024
AI poses a unique governance challenge. This technology is both inescapably global in its reach – hundreds of millions of people use some form of AI today – and profoundly local in its impacts, expanding into lives, families, workplaces, and communities with differentiated
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Trains, Stock Gains, and Web Domains. What can we learn about AI governance from early frontier technologies? Our co-founder and Chief Impact Officer @BriTreece21 explores that very question in our latest Substack, the first in a series "Evaluations Ecosystems" that
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Our Chief Strategy Officer @AndrewFATHOM and Fathom Fellow @ghadfield recently spoke with @Angela_Y_Yang about AI, insurance, and Independent Verification Organizations. They explained how the IVO model of AI governance allows governments to set acceptable risk levels for AI
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The latest edition of The Architecture of AI Governance — out today — features a guest essay from our newest Fathom Fellow @DexBarton. Dex argues that the AI transition requires more than just technical solutions. The race for AI leadership isn’t won solely through superior
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I finally got a chance to meet @tomfriedman, whose book The World Is Flat inspired my own Rules for a Flat World. I had a great conversation with him and @AndrewFATHOM about the challenge we find the world facing: how do we build rules for AI that work in a complex world?
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It is our belief that tort law and AI are on a collision course. Tort law is the branch of our civil legal system that focuses on redressing injuries to persons or property caused by the wrongful act of another party. To adjudicate whether the defendant should be held liable,
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For a full run down on our new teammates, their new roles, and their past positions, check out our press release:
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/PRNewswire/ -- Fathom, an independent nonprofit building the solutions society needs to thrive in an AI-driven world, today announced a series of key hires...
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We’re thrilled to announce Fathom’s staff has more than doubled – today we welcome 10 new members of our team who will support various departments, along with two new senior fellows. These new hires will support the organization’s continued growth, and their work will span
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Sometimes you do need to reinvent the wheel - especially when that wheel is a patchwork of inflexible state laws. Kudos to @AndrewFATHOM for his work on an adaptive, effective AI governance framework. Read about it via @axios
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In today's edition of AI+ Government @ashleyrgold explains why Independent Verification Organizations (IVOs) could become the next big AI policy idea that matters.
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Welcome back Dean! We're thrilled to have you on the Fathom team again.
Pleased to share that I have re-joined @Fathom_org as a Policy Fellow, where I will continue work related to independent verification and private governance for frontier AI.
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Robust evaluation is a prerequisite to the diffusion of AI across American industry and society. Independent Verification Organizations will make effective AI evaluation a reality.
Today, the @WhiteHouse released National Science & Technology Memorandum-2: FY2027 Research & Development Budget Priorities. This memo sets the Admin's S&T priorities, driving R&D that is bold, mission-driven, and unapologetically in service of the American people.
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Read more here. IVOs in Action: Self-Harm & Teen Suicide https://t.co/UDhvmahaHn
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New polling from @Gallup and @scsp_ai shows a significant majority of Americans want independent experts to test and evaluate the safety and security of AI technologies. That's exactly the goal of Independent Verification Organizations (IVOs). IVOs are third‑party entities —
98% of adults have seen or heard any information about AI in the past 12 months, yet only 8% say they are “very knowledgeable” about AI. New research from @scsp_ai and Gallup: https://t.co/N5wgQ0QVJb
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Behind the Scenes of an Independent Verification Organization (IVO): https://t.co/RgT2NjNaTw
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Last month, Fathom hosted our first “tabletop” roleplaying exercise with the technical team at @TransluceAI. We brought together experts across disciplines, from machine learning and political science, to tort law and philosophy, to cybersecurity and mental health, to test out
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A thoughtful, nuanced take on Sen. Cruz’s SANDBOX Act from @pcarvao in @Forbes. Paulo clearly explains what AI regulatory sandboxes could mean for innovation & oversight — for better or worse. Worth the read - linked below.
Are regulatory sandboxes the key to balancing AI innovation and accountability, or a loophole for deregulation? My take here: https://t.co/fOMIP6sJl3
#AI #SandboxACT
@HarvardBizGov
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