R Street urges federal research strategy with focus on open-source AI, standards and metrics

The R Street Institute, a free market-oriented policy think tank, calls for supporting open-source artificial intelligence development -- and addressing related risks -- in its package of recommendations for the Trump administration’s national AI research strategy, while also urging efforts to help secure agentic AI, and to develop voluntary auditing standards and AI metrics.

“AI security is not a constraint on innovation -- it is a prerequisite for ensuring that America’s AI advancements are scalable and resilient. As the United...