I think RAND was used here in the proverbial sense, not the literal sense. They generally do good work, stay away from hype while remaining relevant/timely, and focus on boring but real problems. Sort of that good spot in-between an IEEE Standards Committee and the press team for a VC/CEO/Influencer type. I think OP meant "that type of thing", rather than RAND per se.
But in any case, there is https://www.rand.org/topics/artificial-intelligence.html