Joshua New
@Josh_A_New
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Director of Policy for @SeedAIOrg. Formerly @IBM and @datainnovation / @itifdc. All views my own but hopefully yours too
Washington, D.C.
Joined October 2014
A new episode of the Accelerate Science Now podcast is live! We're joined by D.J. Kleinbaum, co-founder and CEO of Emerald Cloud Lab, a company reinventing how science how science is done with their remote controlled scientific laboratory Listen in as D.J. shares his goal of
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Great initiative by @Research_FRI, glad someone is finally doing this. You can suggest questions here: https://t.co/JnHjv37SAa
I continue to think the AI world would benefit from something like this - letting people put their money where their mouths are. The status quo is lots of unfalsifiable claims, forgettable tweets and papers, and vague expert opinions that confuse policymakers and the public.
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I wrote about collecting better AI adoption data in my essay this week This proposal from @SeedAIOrg (@josh_a_new + @austincarson + @MMarina171819) is a great contribution! They suggest that the AI labs report enterprise token counts by industry Full link below ⬇️
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Surely there's a couple people doing the RLHF for erotic roleplay and I wonder who they are. do they have their own benchmarks? do they share their work at conferences?
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have
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Very proud of our new report calling for a Generative AI Intensity Index. The methods we have to track AI's integration in to the economy have a lot of flaws. These problems are compounded by the fact that generative AI is evolving at a pace that consistently outstrips the
We just published our new report: The U.S. Needs a Generative AI Intensity Index Generative AI could reshape labor markets, productivity, and entire industries. Forecasts swing from transformative prosperity to mass unemployment.
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America must lead the crab robot revolution. The future is sideways. https://t.co/txGqPF01ro
nationalcrabrobotinitiative.com
Why America Must Lead the Crab Robot Revolution
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Nature has optimized the perfect morphology: crabs. So why do we keep spending billions on humanoid robots? Nature already did the R&D.
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It's time roboticists wake up to what evolutionary biologists have known for a long time: the perfect robot shape isn't a biped or quadruped. It's octoped.
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Feel like you should have to say what models are invovled whenever you talk about stuff like this -
politico.eu
Besides generating weird AI baby versions of European leaders, Albania’s politicians themselves could soon be made of pixels and code.
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Science funding systems favor incremental over novel research, and academic culture rewards individuals rather than teams. AI might help by translating cross-disciplinary work for reviewers, but can't solve "political will" problem, notes @seedaiorg @Josh_A_New. 2/3
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@RenPhil21 @LSU @AnthonyNAguirre @alisonmsnyder @SGRodriques @FutureHouseSF @AyhamBoucher @salesforce @juddrosenblatt At 3:00pm, the AI x Open Innovation panelists will explore how open innovation is reshaping the AI landscape and explore policy and strategic initiatives that can enhance robustness and collective progress in the AI ecosystem. • @MGRichardsAI, Senior Director, Policy, U.S.
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The countdown begins! SeedAI House at SXSW kicks off tomorrow! Don't miss speaking engagements by leaders including Senator Mike Rounds, Rep. Ted Lieu, Rep. Zach Nunn, and Rep. Marc Veasey. RSVP now at
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Are you going to SXSW? Come on by to SeedAI House!
On March 9, 2025, SeedAI House at SXSW will bring together policymakers, AI leaders, and creatives to explore how AI can drive innovation, economic growth, and societal progress. 📍 Location: Roma, 309 E 3rd St, Austin, TX 🔗 RSVP:
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Big news in the world of science & tech! Today, Accelerate Science Now launches with a bold mission: to rapidly accelerate scientific discovery and deliver the benefits of innovation to the American people.
seedai.org
SeedAI is a nonprofit focused on AI policy and practical application—including AI literacy and adoption across America, educational programs for government staff and officials, agenda-setting for...
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🌱 SeedAI is growing: we are excited to announce three new opportunities to join our team! 🏛 Policy Fellow – https://t.co/D68vXRX3e5 ⚙ Operations Intern – https://t.co/AmJoTLDIa5 ✍ Policy Intern –
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#AI is revolutionizing industries and transforming the way we live and work. Today I have the privilege of testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on @IBM’s recommendations for precision regulation. Follow along here: https://t.co/mJqGstbARI
judiciary.senate.gov
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Had a great time talking AI policy at the New Dems retreat this weekend. Big thanks to fellow panelists @AnjelicaDortch @VogelMiriam @courtneylang1 @jd_shapiro and to @RepJeffJackson for moderating!
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