Research
Our research attempts to identify and resolve some of the most important legal and policy questions in the field of AI governance. This page contains a collection of our public-facing reports, academic articles, and working papers.
Our research is split among three teams, with each team owning one or more workstreams. They are:
- 1. United States Law and Policy
- → Institutions and Procedures
- → Law and Compute
- → Liability and Insurance Law
- 2. Legal Frontiers
- → AI Agents and the Rule of Law
- → International Regulatory Institutions
- 3. EU Law
An overview of our current workstreams and research directions can be found here.
Featured Research
Research Article
May 25
May 2025
Law-Following AI: designing AI agents to obey human laws
Research Article
Dec 25
December 2025
Treaty-following AI
Research Article
Oct 24
October 2024
The governance misspecification problem
Book
Sep 25
September 2025
OUP book: Architectures of global AI governance
Research Article
Feb 25
February 2025
The role of compute thresholds for AI governance
All Publications
Commentary
Dec 25
December 2025
Legal Obstacles to Implementation of the AI Executive Order
Research Article
Dec 25
December 2025
Treaty-following AI
Commentary
Dec 25
December 2025
AI Preemption and “Generally Applicable” Laws
Commentary
Dec 25
December 2025
The Genesis Mission Executive Order: What It Does and How it Shapes the Future of AI-Enabled Scientific Research
Commentary
Nov 25
November 2025
Legal Issues Raised by the Proposed Executive Order on AI Preemption
Report
Oct 25
October 2025
Building AI surge capacity: mobilizing technical talent into government for AI-related national security crises
Book
Sep 25
September 2025
OUP book: Architectures of global AI governance
Research Article
Aug 25
August 2025
Unbundling AI openness
Commentary
Jul 25
July 2025
Ten Highlights of the White House’s AI Action Plan
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
Two Byrd Rule problems with the AI moratorium
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
The AI moratorium—the Blackburn amendment and new requirements for “generally applicable” laws
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
The AI moratorium—more deobligation issues
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
The AI Moratorium—deobligation issues, BEAD funding, and independent enforcement
Research Article
May 25
May 2025
Law-Following AI: designing AI agents to obey human laws
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
LawAI’s comments on the Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models—scoping and definitions comments
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models—whistleblower protections comments
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models—liability and insurance comments
Commentary
Mar 25
March 2025
Balancing safety and privacy: regulatory models for AI misuse
Research Article
Feb 25
February 2025
The role of compute thresholds for AI governance
Commentary
Dec 25
December 2025
Legal Obstacles to Implementation of the AI Executive Order
Research Article
Dec 25
December 2025
Treaty-following AI
Commentary
Dec 25
December 2025
AI Preemption and “Generally Applicable” Laws
Commentary
Dec 25
December 2025
The Genesis Mission Executive Order: What It Does and How it Shapes the Future of AI-Enabled Scientific Research
Commentary
Nov 25
November 2025
Legal Issues Raised by the Proposed Executive Order on AI Preemption
Report
Oct 25
October 2025
Building AI surge capacity: mobilizing technical talent into government for AI-related national security crises
Book
Sep 25
September 2025
OUP book: Architectures of global AI governance
Research Article
Aug 25
August 2025
Unbundling AI openness
Commentary
Jul 25
July 2025
Ten Highlights of the White House’s AI Action Plan
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
Two Byrd Rule problems with the AI moratorium
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
The AI moratorium—the Blackburn amendment and new requirements for “generally applicable” laws
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
The AI moratorium—more deobligation issues
Commentary
Jun 25
June 2025
The AI Moratorium—deobligation issues, BEAD funding, and independent enforcement
Research Article
May 25
May 2025
Law-Following AI: designing AI agents to obey human laws
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
LawAI’s comments on the Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models—scoping and definitions comments
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models—whistleblower protections comments
Commentary
Apr 25
April 2025
Draft Report of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models—liability and insurance comments
Commentary
Mar 25
March 2025
Balancing safety and privacy: regulatory models for AI misuse
Research Article
Feb 25
February 2025
The role of compute thresholds for AI governance
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