Lessons Being Learned with Fable
Anthropic's Fable 5 model was pulled from public access days after release when researchers found ways to bypass its safety guardrails, prompting Commerce Department export controls on Fable and Mythos. The episode highlights gaps in Congressional oversight of rapid AI policy decisions affecting national security.
Why We Brought an AI Sandbox to Capitol Hill
POPVOX Foundation brought a hands-on AI sandbox to Capitol Hill, giving Congressional staff direct access to coding agents, file-aware assistants, and agentic workflows blocked on official devices. Participants built hearing-prep dashboards, bill trackers, and Federal Register monitors — gaining firsthand intuition about how fast AI is advancing.
AI Base Camp: Congressional Staff Exploring AI Adoption Hands-On
POPVOX Foundation and Meridian International Center brought AI Base Camp to Capitol Hill, offering Congressional staff hands-on exploration of AI tools across six skills-based stations — from prompt basics and workflow integration to agentic AI and deepfake detection — in an open-house format welcoming all experience levels.
Build your AI skills at AI Base Camp in Rayburn on June 2
Explore the differences between foundational and frontier AI models, the growing impact of token-based pricing, practical ways to build custom AI assistants, and how AI is lowering barriers to civic technology development. Plus, insights on emerging AI policy, governance, and adoption across public institutions.
Casework Navigator: Changes Afoot
Casework Navigator is entering its final month, reflecting on the evolution of Congressional casework while examining major developments across federal agencies. This issue highlights modernization efforts, legislative updates, agency changes, emerging AI tools, and the future of constituent services in Congress.
POPVOX Foundation Welcomes Ashley Nagel
Ashley Nagel brings engineering expertise and firsthand Senate experience to her role as Senior Manager for Government Innovation at POPVOX Foundation, where she leads Congressional engagement, advances institutional modernization, and bridges the policy-technology divide through training, relationship-building, and hands-on demos of emerging technologies for Hill staff.
Highway to Hill: An artificially intelligent Congress?
Congress faces a growing capacity crisis, and AI could help — but adoption remains uneven. On Highway to Hill, POPVOX Foundation’s Managing Director, Aubrey Wilson, breaks down the barriers to safe, effective AI use on Capitol Hill, from staff training gaps and hallucination risks to privacy concerns and the case for custom-built Congressional tools.
Keeping Pace
Keeping Pace delivers practical, nonpartisan AI and technology insights for Congressional Members and staff. Each monthly issue breaks down fast-moving developments, explains real-world impacts on Congress, and offers actionable tips to build fluency — no vendor bias, no politics, just clear guidance to help institutions keep up.
Departing Civil Servants Spent Decades Implementing Federal Laws. Here's What They Want Congress to Know.
A new Departure Dialogues report from POPVOX Foundation reveals how federal laws break down in practice due to a broken interbranch feedback loop. Drawing on decades of civil servant experience, it offers actionable recommendations to help Congress improve program effectiveness and oversight.
POPVOX Foundation Senate Appropriations Requests: Supporting Constituent Services, Investing in Future Congress, and Strengthening Security
POPVOX Foundation outlines FY2027 Senate appropriations priorities to strengthen constituent casework, modernize congressional capacity, and enhance security. Proposals include a casework liaison office, improved agency coordination, AI experimentation funding, continuity planning, and expanded training—aimed at boosting efficiency, oversight, and resilience across Congress.
POPVOX Foundation Team Submits Public Witness Testimony for FY 2027 Legislative Branch Appropriations
POPVOX Foundation lays out practical FY2027 funding ideas to help Congress work smarter — boosting AI capacity, strengthening casework support, improving Member security, and modernizing operations. The proposals focus on faster tech adoption, better coordination with agencies, and stronger internal support systems so offices can serve constituents more effectively in a rapidly changing landscape.
The 2,800-Mile Gap
A widening cultural divide between San Francisco and Washington, DC reveals contrasting attitudes toward risk, innovation, and career advancement. These differences shape how technology evolves and how government responds, with implications for policymaking, institutional adaptation, and the future of democratic governance in a rapidly changing world.