# Organizations

## Executive Branch
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 10
- description: Sets national AI policy via executive orders and the OSTP

## OSTP
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: Office of Science and Technology Policy - advises the President on AI

## NSF
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: National Science Foundation - funds AI research at universities

## NIST
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 6
- description: National Institute of Standards and Technology - develops AI safety standards and the AI Risk Management Framework

## DoW
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 8
- description: Department of Defense - military AI applications and CDAO

## DoE
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: Department of Energy - AI for national labs, nuclear security, and scientific computing

## DoC
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 7
- description: Department of Commerce - houses NIST and BIS, oversees export controls on AI chips

## CAISI
- type: research
- country: US
- importance: 3
- description: Center for AI Safety and Innovation - AI safety research

## CAIS
- type: research
- country: US
- importance: 4
- description: Center for AI Safety - nonprofit focused on reducing societal-scale risks from AI

## OpenAI
- type: frontier_lab
- country: US
- importance: 9
- description: Leading US frontier AI lab, creator of GPT series

## Anthropic
- type: frontier_lab
- country: US
- importance: 8
- description: AI safety-focused frontier lab, creator of Claude

## Google DeepMind
- type: frontier_lab
- country: US
- importance: 8
- description: Google's combined AI research lab, creator of Gemini

## Meta AI
- type: frontier_lab
- country: US
- importance: 7
- description: Meta's AI research division, creator of Llama open-weight models

## xAI
- type: frontier_lab
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: Elon Musk's AI company, creator of Grok

## CCP
- type: government
- country: CN
- importance: 10
- description: Chinese Communist Party - central authority directing China's AI strategy

## MIIT
- type: government
- country: CN
- importance: 6
- description: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology - regulates China's AI industry

## CAC
- type: government
- country: CN
- importance: 5
- description: Cyberspace Administration of China - regulates AI-generated content and algorithms

## MOST
- type: government
- country: CN
- importance: 6
- description: Ministry of Science and Technology - funds Chinese AI research programs

## TC260
- type: government
- country: CN
- importance: 5
- description: National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee - drafts China's AI safety and security standards

## CNCERT/CC
- type: government
- country: CN
- importance: 4
- description: National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team - monitors AI security incidents and enforces vulnerability disclosure

## Baidu
- type: frontier_lab
- country: CN
- importance: 6
- description: Chinese tech giant with ERNIE large language models

## Alibaba
- type: frontier_lab
- country: CN
- importance: 6
- description: Chinese tech giant with Qwen/Tongyi AI models

## ByteDance
- type: frontier_lab
- country: CN
- importance: 7
- description: TikTok parent company with Doubao AI models

## DeepSeek
- type: frontier_lab
- country: CN
- importance: 7
- description: Chinese AI lab known for efficient open-weight models

## Congress
- type: government
- country: US
- importance: 8
- description: US Congress - legislates on AI policy, funding, and regulation

## PLA
- type: military
- country: CN
- importance: 7
- description: People's Liberation Army - pursues military AI and autonomous systems

## TechNet
- type: pac
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: Bipartisan lobbying network of tech CEOs advocating for innovation-friendly AI policy

## Chamber of Progress
- type: pac
- country: US
- importance: 4
- description: Tech industry coalition lobbying against restrictive AI regulation at state and federal level

## Americans for Responsible Innovation
- type: pac
- country: US
- importance: 4
- description: AI-focused PAC pushing for federal AI governance framework and preempting state-level AI bills

## AI Forward Fund
- type: pac
- country: US
- importance: 3
- description: Super PAC funding candidates who support pro-innovation AI policy

## Open Philanthropy
- type: pac
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: Major funder of AI safety research and policy organizations, EA-aligned

## ITI
- type: pac
- country: US
- importance: 4
- description: Information Technology Industry Council - global tech trade association shaping AI standards and policy

## Chip Designers
- type: hardware
- country: US
- importance: 7
- description: NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Qualcomm - design AI GPUs and accelerators (H100, B200, MI300, Gaudi)

## Foundries
- type: hardware
- country: TW
- importance: 6
- description: TSMC, Samsung, Intel Foundry - fabricate leading-node AI chips and HBM memory

## WFE
- type: hardware
- country: US
- importance: 5
- description: ASML, Applied Materials, Lam Research, Tokyo Electron - build the machines that make chips


# Associations

Executive Branch -> OSTP: directs | 5
Executive Branch -> DoW: directs AI strategy | 4
Executive Branch -> DoE: directs AI for national security | 3
Executive Branch -> DoC: directs export controls | 4
Executive Branch -> NSF: directs research funding | 3
OSTP -> NIST: coordinates standards | 3
OSTP -> NSF: coordinates research priorities | 2
DoC -> NIST: houses | 5
NIST -> OpenAI: evaluates safety | 2
NIST -> Anthropic: evaluates safety | 2
NIST -> Google DeepMind: evaluates safety | 2
NSF -> CAISI: funds research | 3
Congress -> NSF: appropriates funding | 4
Congress -> DoW: appropriates funding | 4
Congress -> DoE: appropriates funding | 3
Congress -> Executive Branch: legislates AI policy | 3
CAIS -> Anthropic: safety research collaboration | 2
CAIS -> OpenAI: safety research collaboration | 2
OpenAI -> Executive Branch: voluntary commitments | 1
Anthropic -> Executive Branch: voluntary commitments | 1
Google DeepMind -> Executive Branch: voluntary commitments | 1
Meta AI -> Executive Branch: voluntary commitments | 1
CCP -> MIIT: directs industry regulation | 5
CCP -> CAC: directs content regulation | 5
CCP -> MOST: directs research strategy | 5
CCP -> PLA: directs military AI | 5
MOST -> Baidu: funds research | 3
MOST -> Alibaba: funds research | 3
MIIT -> ByteDance: regulates | 4
CAC -> Baidu: regulates content | 4
CAC -> ByteDance: regulates content | 4
Baidu -> PLA: military-civil fusion | 3
DeepSeek -> MOST: reports to | 2
CAC -> TC260: directs standards work | 4
TC260 -> Baidu: sets compliance standards | 3
TC260 -> Alibaba: sets compliance standards | 3
TC260 -> ByteDance: sets compliance standards | 3
TC260 -> DeepSeek: sets compliance standards | 3
CAC -> CNCERT/CC: directs incident response | 4
CNCERT/CC -> Baidu: monitors security | 2
CNCERT/CC -> ByteDance: monitors security | 2
DoW -> OpenAI: procurement | 3
DoW -> Anthropic: procurement | 3
DoW -> Google DeepMind: procurement | 3
DoW -> Meta AI: procurement | 2
DoC -> Baidu: export controls | 4
DoC -> Alibaba: export controls | 4
DoC -> ByteDance: export controls | 4
TechNet -> Congress: lobbies on AI policy | 3
TechNet -> Executive Branch: lobbies on AI policy | 2
Chamber of Progress -> Congress: lobbies against AI regulation | 3
Americans for Responsible Innovation -> Congress: lobbies for federal AI framework | 3
AI Forward Fund -> Congress: funds pro-AI candidates | 2
Open Philanthropy -> CAIS: funds safety research | 4
Open Philanthropy -> Anthropic: early investor and funder | 4
OpenAI -> TechNet: member | 2
Google DeepMind -> TechNet: member | 2
Meta AI -> TechNet: member | 2
OpenAI -> Chamber of Progress: member | 2
Meta AI -> Chamber of Progress: member | 2
Anthropic -> Americans for Responsible Innovation: supports | 2
ITI -> Congress: lobbies on AI standards | 3
ITI -> NIST: shapes standards | 2
OpenAI -> ITI: member | 1
Google DeepMind -> ITI: member | 1
Chip Designers -> OpenAI: supplies GPUs | 4
Chip Designers -> Anthropic: supplies GPUs | 4
Chip Designers -> Google DeepMind: supplies GPUs | 3
Chip Designers -> Meta AI: supplies GPUs | 4
Chip Designers -> xAI: supplies GPUs | 4
Chip Designers -> Baidu: supplies GPUs | 3
Chip Designers -> ByteDance: supplies GPUs | 3
Chip Designers -> DoW: supplies chips | 3
Foundries -> Chip Designers: fabricates chips | 5
WFE -> Foundries: supplies fab equipment | 5
Foundries -> Chip Designers: supplies HBM | 4
DoC -> Chip Designers: export controls on China sales | 5
DoC -> WFE: export controls | 4
Congress -> Foundries: CHIPS Act funding | 4
Chip Designers -> TechNet: member | 1