person
Akash Wasil
Encode Justice; AI policy advocate
Director of research at the Center for AI Policy and previously a researcher at Encode Justice; among the most-cited young analysts of state and federal AI safety policy.
current Director of Research, Center for AI Policy
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesArgues U.S. policy must catch up to capability progress; supports legally enforceable safety standards rather than purely voluntary frameworks.
We are losing the race between capability and policy. Legally enforceable safety standards, with real consequences for violations, are the only way to close that gap.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.