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Ben Buchanan
Former White House AI Special Advisor (2021–2025)
Georgetown CSET researcher who served as White House Special Advisor for AI from 2021 to 2025. Key architect of the Biden administration's chip export controls and the 2023 AI Executive Order.
current Professor, Johns Hopkins SAIS; Director of CyberAI Project, Georgetown CSET
past Special Advisor for AI, White House
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Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesArchitect of chip export controls and the 2023 AI executive order; argues national security and AI safety are inseparable.
Export controls are the most important tool the United States has on frontier AI.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.