AI in the Open: Responsible Innovation for Access, Accountability, and Discovery

Artificial intelligence stands poised to deliver remarkable advances, reshaping fields from science and medicine to business and the arts. As accessibility to powerful AI systems increases, it unlocks extraordinary potential for innovation across fields and sectors. However, it’s essential to carefully consider the implications of this widening use of AI for societal well-being.

Join Lance Askildson, Provost of the Chaminade University of Honolulu; Deep Ganguli, research scientist at Anthropic; Marietje Schaake, international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Helen Toner, Director of Strategy at the Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology; and Gabriel Yanagihara, teacher at the 'Iolani School, for a discussion exploring how to balance the open sharing of AI models, a cornerstone of responsible innovation, with robust protections against privacy concerns and potential harm and misuse. Moderated by Institute for Advanced Study scholar Alondra Nelson, the panel will consider thoughtful policies and approaches to maximize the benefits of democratized AI while protecting the public interest.

This event is cosponsored by the AI Policy and Governance Working Group and the Institute for Advanced Study.

About the AI Policy and Governance Working Group

The AI Policy and Governance Working Group is comprised of members from diverse sectors, disciplines, perspectives, and approaches and offers actional policy solutions to the multitude of concerns raised by the expanding use of artificial intelligence systems and tools and to help fulfill the public’s legitimate expectation of safety and respect for their rights.

About the Institute for Advanced Study

The Institute for Advanced Study has served the world as one of the leading independent centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry since its establishment in 1930, advancing the frontiers of knowledge across the sciences and humanities. From the work of founding IAS faculty such as Albert Einstein and John von Neumann to that of the foremost thinkers of the present, the IAS is dedicated to enabling curiosity-driven exploration and fundamental discovery.

Each year, the Institute welcomes more than 200 of the world’s most promising post-doctoral researchers and scholars who are selected and mentored by a permanent Faculty, each of whom are preeminent leaders in their fields. Among present and past Faculty and Members there have been 35 Nobel Laureates, 44 of the 62 Fields Medalists, and 23 of the 26 Abel Prize Laureates, as well as many MacArthur Fellows and Wolf Prize winners.