The Princeton AI Dialogues

A collaborative series from The Princeton SPIA DC Center and the Center for Information Technology Policy

About

The Princeton AI Dialogues is a series of events and activities designed to help public policy makers confront critical questions around the development, adoption, and governance of Artificial Intelligence. This series draws on world class research from Princeton experts across disciplines: computer science, public policy, law, data science, health, economics, and more. Recent activities have included:

AI Policy Precepts
Engagement with Chief AI Officers in federal agencies
Congressional Briefings
Public Events
Research

AI Policy Precepts

The AI Policy Precepts are non-partisan programs designed to explore the core concepts, opportunities, and risks underlying AI and likely to influence federal policymaking for at least the next 10 years. Policymakers and AI officials come away with frameworks to guide evolving decisions surrounding AI, while establishing relationships with cohorts of fellow policymakers facing similar challenges.

In 2024, the inaugural AI Policy Precepts drew emerging AI leaders from across the federal government, from Health and Human Services and the Government Accountability Office to the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Justice, and Homeland Security. In 2025, the Precepts welcomed numerous new agencies and legislative offices to discuss pressing questions surrounding AI's impacts on labor and content authentication.

The next AI Policy Precepts are planned for Spring 2026 (the application will be posted here).

Aug 14, 2024

Princeton SPIA Helping to Keep D.C. Policymakers in the Know on Artificial Intelligence

With Princeton University taking a leading role in researching artificial intelligence, the School of Public and International Affairs is playing its…

Chief AI Officer Engagement

Dialogues with Federal “Chief AI Officers”

In late 2023, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14110 on the "Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence." That order included a mandate for all federal agencies to appoint a "Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer" to oversee each agency's use of AI, promote innovation, and manage risks. A subsequent order by the Trump Administration re-shaped these officers' mandates, including mandating them as "Change agents and AI advocates", pursuant to Administration policy.

Princeton faculty have invited several of the Chief AI Officers to working dinners to brainstorm, develop research ideas, and offer support to these officers in implementing their new mandates. This series will be ongoing, as the Princeton AI Dialogues engages all federally mandated AI offices.

Congressional Briefings

Princeton AI Dialogues: Expert Briefings – U.S. Senate

Princeton SPIA in DC, in collaboration with the Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) faculty, hosted the "Princeton AI Dialogues: Expert…

Princeton AI Dialogues: Expert Briefings—U.S. Senate & House of Representatives

The Princeton SPIA DC Center partnered with CITP faculty to convene the first two in a series of “Princeton AI Dialogues: Expert Briefings” on…

Public Events

Book Launch: AI Snake Oil

Princeton University Professor Arvind Narayanan and Princeton Computer Science Ph.D. candidate Sayash Kapoor joined former BBC World Service Newshour presenter Razia Iqbal to discuss their new book, AI Snake Oil. As part of Princeton's Books & Cocktails series and the Princeton AI Dialogues, the two leading AI experts discussed the history of AI and its most common current uses. They spoke about where AI technologies excel, where they struggle, and how the public should make sense of AI capabilities amid rapidly growing media and policy attention.