Emerging Technology
Latest Publication
May 13th 2026
What Will It Cost for the US to Be Ready for the Next Big AI Breakthrough?
Estimating the resources CAISI needs to deliver on American AI readiness
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Infrastructure
A Pro-Supply To-Do List for Congress’s Housing Bill
America can’t afford a lowest-common-denominator housing supply bill
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Infrastructure
How Section 901 of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Reduces Housing Supply
An amendment can preserve ROAD's housing goals
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High-Skilled Immigration
A Prescription for Fixing the Prevailing Wage System
Replacing Blind Benchmarking with Experience Benchmarking
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Emerging Technology
When Do More AI Chips for China Mean Fewer for the United States?
Assessing whether NVIDIA H200 production for China would divert chips for US customers based on AI chip supply constraints
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Emerging Technology
Fast and Secure Grid Interconnection for American AI Leadership
IFP’s comments on FERC’s proposed rules for “large loads” like AI data centers
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Emerging Technology
America’s AI Exports Program
Strategic goals and implementation recommendations for US policymakers
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Infrastructure
Breaking the NEPA Litigation Doom Loop
By reforming remedies in NEPA cases
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Metascience
Beyond AlphaFold
How to target investments to develop new AI models that can uncover natural laws
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Infrastructure
How to Create Real Permitting Certainty
How the FREEDOM Act can unlock permitting reform
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Emerging Technology
Request for Proposals: The Launch Sequence
Apply to our rolling effort to find, scope, and build the most important projects to prepare the world for advanced AI
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High-Skilled Immigration
The Cost of the OPT FICA Exemption
How closing a tax exemption can raise tens of billions of dollars
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Biotechnology
Protect Human Subjects, Not Bureaucracy
How investigator choice in IRBs can improve ethical oversight
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Biotechnology
Proxy Praxis: Why Validating an Endpoint Took 12 Years
Fragmented data and misaligned incentives are blocking faster clinical trials
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Biotechnology
Proxy Praxis: How Surrogate Endpoints Can Speed Drug Development
A new series from the Institute for Progress
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Metascience
How to Accelerate the American Scientific Enterprise
Five recommendations for the Office of Science and Technology Policy's plan to accelerate science
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