Ryan Goodman

AI position

No x-risk mention

Writes on AI accountability/governance but no findable x-risk-specific engagement or roster-figure interviews.

Why influential

Shapes how courts, investigations and executive power are understood by legal professionals, policymakers, advocates and news audiences. Primary policy lanes: national security; human rights; executive power; law.

Who pays attention

Government lawyers, judges, human-rights groups, diplomats, congressional staff and legal journalists

Work samples

• AI Needs Accountability. We Can't Rely on Companies and Governments Alone.

  Mar 27, 2026 · article

  Co-authored with Andrew Weissmann; argues for independent public-interest accountability layer for AI, framed around the Anthropic-DoD 'supply chain risk' dispute.

• Just Security's Artificial Intelligence Archive

  Jan 1, 2025 · article

  Landing page for the outlet's AI coverage (initiative led primarily by Brianna Rosen, not Goodman personally).

• Announcing Just Security's Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Initiative

  Feb 1, 2025 · article

  Editorial announcement of the outlet's dedicated AI/emerging tech initiative.