Journalism Workshop: AGI Impacts & Governance

The AGI Impacts & Governance Journalism Workshop was a half-day workshop on November 17 for journalists covering AI to deepen their reporting on the future of artificial intelligence.

FAR.AI, in partnership with the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, hosted an exclusive, journalist-only workshop focused on the most urgent and debated topics surrounding artificial general intelligence (AGI) and AI governance.

This inaugural event was designed to equip journalists with accurate information and direct access to leading AI researchers, companies, and policy experts. Through engaging short presentations, moderated conversations, and in-depth discussions, attendees gained insights that go beyond the headlines and built a stronger network of sources for their ongoing coverage.

Workshop topics explored pressing questions such as:

• How close are we to achieving AGI?
• Will AI lead to mass unemployment?
• Should the U.S. race China to AGI?
• What role should the U.S. government play in AGI oversight?
• How real is the risk of AI-enabled bioterrorism?

Speakers included:

• Dean Ball (President Trump’s former AI advisor)
• Ben Buchanan (President Biden’s former AI advisor)
• Rep. Alex Bores (New York State Assembly)
• Saif Khan (Former Commerce Dept.)
• Helen Toner (Interim Executive Director of CSET and former OpenAI board member)
• Evan Hubinger (Anthropic)
• Rocco Casagrande (MD, Gryphon Scientific)
• Anton Korinek and Ioana Marinescu (Economists)

ATTRIBUTION POLICY

The full schedule of the Journalism Workshop on AGI Impacts & Governance is on background by default. Individual presentations or conversations may be on the record, at the discretion of each speaker. Speakers will indicate the attribution level (on the record or on background) before beginning their remarks. It is the responsibility of both speakers and journalists to confirm attribution status prior to any conversation during meals or breaks.