CSIS Issues Commentary: AI Licensing Comes Full Circle
May 16, 2026
May 16, 2026
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 15, 2026, by Wadhwani AI Center Director Aalok Mehta:
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AI Licensing Comes Full Circle
In 2023, as OpenAI's U.S. policy lead, I helped bring CEO Sam Altman to Washington, D.C., for the first major AI hearing of the post-ChatGPT era. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary's Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, in front of . . .
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AI Licensing Comes Full Circle
In 2023, as OpenAI's U.S. policy lead, I helped bring CEO Sam Altman to Washington, D.C., for the first major AI hearing of the post-ChatGPT era. Appearing before the Senate Judiciary's Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, in front of . . .