Governments are entering a critical phase in the adoption of AI. It is already contributing to everyday public sector work, and the question is no longer whether to adopt AI,…
WASHINGTON—Following President Trump’s State of the Union announcement of a “Rate Payer Protection Pledge,” which calls on major tech companies to build their own power plants to support AI data…
by Hodan Omaar
South Korea’s export restrictions on mapping data, while originally based on legitimate national security concerns, now primarily act as a protectionist measure that unfairly limits competition from foreign firms. Korean…
Senators Hawley (R-MO) and Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced the Guaranteeing Rate Insulation from Data Centers Act (GRID Act) last week in response to concerns that rapid AI-driven data center growth could…
by Hodan Omaar
The European Commission recently unveiled long-overdue proposals to address persistent frustrations with the ePrivacy Directive, the EU’s framework for electronic communications privacy. Adopted in 2002 and updated in 2009, the…
Responding to a Financial Times report on France’s move from Zoom and Microsoft Teams to the domestic Visio platform, Daniel Castro argues that Europe’s push for “digital sovereignty” risks undermining…
WASHINGTON—Following President Trump’s State of the Union announcement of a “Rate Payer Protection Pledge,” which calls on major tech companies to build their own power plants to support AI data…
by Hodan Omaar
The Shift in Rhetoric on AI and Biothreats is a Lesson on the Risks of Premature Regulation
by Martin Makaryan |
The about-face the scientific, academic, and tech communities have made on the risks of large language models (LLMs) creating biothreats should serve as a stark reminder for policymakers about the…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivered a speech on March 3 outlining the U.S. Department of Education’s “final mission”: To swiftly and responsibly implement President Trump’s controversial vision of shutting down…
With the European Commission’s newly released 2025 Strategic Foresight Report—its annual guide for setting long-term policy priorities—calling for an “EU values-based innovation model” as an alternative to the “market-driven” and…