An early guide to policymaking on generative AI

How lawmakers are thinking about the risks of the latest tech revolution

Earlier this week, I was chatting with a policy professor in Washington, DC, who told me that students and colleagues alike are asking about GPT-4 and generative AI: What should they be reading? How much attention should they be paying?

She wanted to know if I had any suggestions, and asked what I thought all the new advances meant for lawmakers. I’ve spent a few days thinking, reading, and chatting with the experts about this, and my answer morphed into this newsletter. So here goes!

Though GPT-4 is the standard bearer, it’s just one of many high-profile generative AI releases in the...