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From left: Danny Tobey, Sean Fulton, and Dean Ball. Tobey and Fulton are attorneys at DLA Piper; Ball is a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation and the primary staff drafter of America's AI Action Plan. [Courtesy photos]
Dean Ball Helped Write America’s AI Action Plan. In Dallas, He Told Business Leaders What to Watch For — and What Keeps Him Up at Night
by Quincy Preston | Apr 16, 2026
At Convergence AI Dallas, DLA Piper's Danny Tobey opened with a bottom line for business leaders: "Our AI is ROI." From there, colleague Sean Fulton and federal policy architect Dean Ball dug into what the U.S. action plan got right, what was left on the cutting room floor, and if ignoring a superhuman AI system could become the new negligence.
