IFP: How should the US prepare for increasingly automated AI R&D? 23 low-regret policy recommendations

Institute for Progress authors Tim Fist, Saif Khan and colleagues assess the July 2026 letter from 1,300+ frontier-lab employees calling for the capacity to 'pace' automated AI R&D: how close labs are to automating AI research, what the risks are, and 23 low-regret recommendations for US policymakers.