Lauren Kahn

Quite right. With AI, it seems to be an ever-changing boogeyman of the adjacent possible that we struggle to conceptualize in any real and meaningful way. Often when the worries get decomposed into realistic risks, they are specific to certain narrow contexts and are pretty tractable.

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Is the Wrong Framework for AI Governance | AI Frontiers Michael C. Horowitz, Jun 27, 2025 — Placing AI in a nuclear framework inflates expectations and distracts from practical, sector-specific governance.

In their latest piece for @aifrontiers.bsky.social, PWH's @mchorowitz.bsky.social and @laurenakahn.bsky.social argue that nuclear non-proliferation should not be the model for AI governance. Read more:
ai-frontiers.org/articles/nuc...

We should resist the temptation to use the nuclear age and non-proliferation regime as the basis for #AI policy. It's different tech and the approach won't be effective. My latest with @laurenakahn.bsky.social ⬇️

Thanks, Jon! Couldn’t agree more.

Eager to read and digest. I have been asked dozens of times how to make the NP system adapt to AI, and I am skeptical it works beyond export controls. Thanks @mchorowitz.bsky.social and @laurenakahn.bsky.social

Fixing the Pentagon’s Broken Innovation Pipeline The Pentagon’s outdated budget process is stifling innovation and must be reformed to outpace rising threats. The views in this article are those of the authors alone and do not represent those of the...

The Pentagon’s innovation pipeline isn’t just slow—it’s broken. At DoD, we worked to translate strategy into budget and saw how hard it is to get next-gen tech to warfighters. In our latest, @mchorowitz.bsky.social and I lay out steps to fix it. nationalinterest.org/blog/techlan...

Trump Should Not Abandon March-In Rights Moving forward with the Biden administration’s guidance could deliver lower drug prices and allow more Americans to reap the benefits of public science. In late 2023, the federal government published ...

Have you heard of the Bayh-Dole Act? It's niche, but an incredibly important factor in the U.S. innovation ecosystem!

For the National Interest, @jack-corrigan.bsky.social and I discuss a potential change that could benefit public access to medical drugs.

nationalinterest.org/blog/techlan...

Serving in the Pentagon has been the absolute honor and privilege of my… | Lauren Kahn Serving in the Pentagon has been the absolute honor and privilege of my lifetime. I have just wrapped my year as an IPA as a Policy Advisor for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities (FDEC) in th...

Serving in the Pentagon has been the absolute honor and privilege of my lifetime. I’m especially grateful to the civil servants and members of the armed forces whose dedication to mission shaped my experience and set the standard for public service.

Thank you very much! +++

AI Safety and Automation Bias | Center for Security and Emerging Technology Automation bias is a critical issue for artificial intelligence deployment. It can cause otherwise knowledgeable users to make crucial and even obvious errors. Organizational, technical, and education...

Brief, useful summary from @laurenakahn.bsky.social et al. I'd add a similar but longer-term/larger-scale issue: uncritical AI automation leads to organizational deskilling, so when something happens you don't crash your car but your company... or your country.
cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...