Scott Weathers

@JacobTref Congrats!

I'm joining the OpenAI Foundation to lead the Life Sciences & Curing Diseases program. We're starting with three areas of grantmaking: * AI for Alzheimer's * Public Data for Health * Accelerating Progress on High-Mortality and High-Burden Diseases Time to get to work!

@rSanti97 @AlecStapp Congrats!!

Some professional news: I'm joining Anthropic's editorial team! I'll be leading the team's work on economics and policy, and working closely with the Anthropic Institute (about which more here: x.com/AnthropicAI/st…). Dramatic AI progress is coming in the next two years, and researchers+policymakers+the public alike will need the best information available about that shift. It's a big new challenge, and I can’t wait to get started. [Some important housekeeping: I’ll keep running Statecraft at @IFP as a Nonresident Senior Fellow! And will remain on the board at Recoding America/ as a journalist-in-residence at @johnshopkins School of Government and Policy. I start at Anthropic in a few weeks.] The move from frontier think tank to frontier lab is bittersweet. I’ve been at IFP for three years, and it’s been the most formative professional experience of my life. In a short period of time, IFP has become one of the most effective institutions in DC, generating a truly shocking amount of counterfactual policy impact (not all of it public). Being on this team has permanently raised my ambitions. I'm very grateful.

LIVE NOW: AI Biosecurity Panel Tune in as leading experts, including the author of recent research from Microsoft, discuss new biosecurity loopholes in the AI era. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@dylanmatt @open_phil @mattsclancy @jddwor Wow congrats!

Some professional news: after nearly twelve years at Vox, I'm going to be joining @open_phil, working with @mattsclancy and @jddwor on the Abundance and Growth Fund

AI is advancing faster than biosecurity practices. Next week, join ARI and leading experts, including an author of Microsoft's latest study, to discuss the widening gap between AI’s bio capabilities and security practices. 🗓 Oct 29 | 3–4PM ET 🔗 RSVP: ari.us/biosecurity

@AlexBores Let’s go Alex 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀

It's official: I’m running for Congress. The president is running a 21st-century version of authoritarianism while Democrats run a 20th-century playbook. I'm running to recode Washington—to fight for our democracy and deliver real results for NY-12. nytimes.com/2025/10/20/nyr…

@AlexBores 🚀🚀🚀

I'm Assemblymember Alex Bores. I'm running for Congress to protect our democracy and deliver real results for New York families. That fight starts now. Are you with me? → alexbores.nyc

On September 29, we heard from @deanwball, @DrNealDunnFL2, and @DrGerryParker about why screening nucleic acid synthesis orders for sequences of dangerous pathogens is a priority for national security and innovation. Thanks to @sctwea and @americans4ri for partnering with us!

The same AI tools advancing medicine could also help create deadly pathogens. @SenatorHassan highlights the urgent need for biosecurity reform after researchers found AI-generated proteins bypassed safety screening. Innovation must come with safeguards.

America's AI Action Plan author on nucleic acid synthesis screening: biotech's promise is real, but innovation requires thoughtful oversight. @deanwball (@joinfai) and @sctwea on why robust screening builds trust and lets American biotech flourish. Thanks @tamu for co-hosting!

AI law preemption is the sequel to Section 230 that nobody asked for. In a new op-ed for Tech Policy Press, @bradrcarson writes that preemption doubles down on the same old mistakes, shielding Big Tech from accountability as new online harms emerge: techpolicy.press/a-new-section-…

This is an amazing and awe-inspiring moment! It also raises concerns, naturally. Now would be a great time for the federal government to release a new policy framework for the firms that produce synthetic nucleic acids! 🤞

@AlexBores Congrats Alex!

Tonight, we passed my RAISE Act — for the first time requiring basic guardrails for frontier AI. Developers promised to keep us safe; this bipartisan bill ensures they keep that promise.

Excited to join the team!

NEW: @MarshaBlackburn joins the growing number of Republican Senators opposing the House budget reconciliation text that would preempt state AI laws for 10 years. Last year, Tennessee passed the ELVIS Act, which bans unauthorized use of a person’s likeness or voice by Gen AI.

Our statement on Governor Newsom's AI Working Group Draft Report: anthropic.com/news/anthropic…

Today’s report on AI Governance in CA builds on the urgent conversations around AI governance we began in the Legislature last year. I thank @drfeifei, @jenniferchayes, and Tino Cuellar for the hard work and keen insight they provide in this urgent report.

@Willyintheworld On the House by John Boehner

@YadiraCaraveo Thank you for your incredible service!

It’s been the honor of a lifetime to serve the people of #CO08. Thank you to my family, volunteers, staff and supporters who believed in this campaign. While this isn’t the outcome we hoped for, the work is not over.

@RepPettersen Congrats!!!

We’re excited to announce that we are expecting another baby boy at the end of January! Ian and I are thrilled, but Davis is especially excited to be a big brother.