
Institute for Progress (IFP)
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Director of Emerging Technology Policy
Tim Fist is a Senior Technology Fellow with the Institute for Progress, and a Senior Adjunct Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). His work focuses on policy for AI compute and differential technological development. Previously, Tim was a Fellow at CNAS, and worked as the Head of Strategy & Governance at Fathom Radiant, an artificial intelligence hardware company. Prior to that work, Fist held several senior machine learning engineering positions, and was the Head of Product at Eliiza, a machine learning consultancy. His writing has been featured in Foreign Policy and ChinaTalk, and his work has been cited in numerous outlets, including Wired, Reuters, Inside AI Policy, The Wire China, and the Wall Street Journal.