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Australia Goes Again with “World-Leading” AI Strategy?
Article
AEIdeas

Australia Goes Again with “World-Leading” AI Strategy?

Arguably, given the scale of the Australian economy, the incentives to protect that economy from competitive rivals and to grow it where possible to take advantage of what new technologies…

The Water Fight Over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.
Article
AEIdeas

The Water Fight Over Data Centers Is a Distraction. The Grid Fight Is the Real Story.

Data centers have become a cipher, the visible stand-in for a more diffuse set of anxieties surrounding the advent of AI, including job displacement, distrust of Big Tech, and a…

In the Chip War, Export Bans Have Worked. But We’re Still Losing Ground
Commentary
The National Interest

In the Chip War, Export Bans Have Worked. But We’re Still Losing Ground

Export controls have slowed China’s semiconductor ambitions, but older chipmaking equipment is enabling Beijing to narrow the AI hardware gap.

We Should not Balkanize the Space Economy
Article
AEIdeas

We Should not Balkanize the Space Economy

The US and Europe have a mutual interest in a shared, robust LEO infrastructure, created and run by private companies, focused on serving customers. The economic, security, and safety benefits…

Flawed Appellate Decision Upholding an Online Parental-Consent Mandate Merits Reversal
Article
AEIdeas

Flawed Appellate Decision Upholding an Online Parental-Consent Mandate Merits Reversal

A federal appellate court recently rejected First Amendment and vagueness challenges to an Ohio parental-consent statute that limits minors’ access to social media platforms “reasonably anticipated to be accessed by…

An OpenAI Model Escaped Its Sandbox and Broke Into Another Company to Cheat on a Test
Article
AEIdeas

An OpenAI Model Escaped Its Sandbox and Broke Into Another Company to Cheat on a Test

The deeper problem is that too many policymakers are still legislating for a ChatGPT-3.5 world of chatbots predicting the next token, not for agents that think and act autonomously to…

Australia Goes Again with “World-Leading” AI Strategy?
Article
AEIdeas

Australia Goes Again with “World-Leading” AI Strategy?

Arguably, given the scale of the Australian economy, the incentives to protect that economy from competitive rivals and to grow it where possible to take advantage of what new technologies…

Who Should Control America’s Spectrum?
Article
AEIdeas

Who Should Control America’s Spectrum?

Shane is joined by Roslyn Layton to discuss how market-based reforms and greater reliance on commercial networks could modernize American spectrum policy.

The Mythos Moment and the Reordering of AI Governance
Article
Exformation

The Mythos Moment and the Reordering of AI Governance

Export controls, secret benchmarks, and the quiet arrival of an ad hoc licensing regime

A Ceaseless Struggle: Stopping Attorneys from Citing Fake, AI-Generated Content
Article
AEIdeas

A Ceaseless Struggle: Stopping Attorneys from Citing Fake, AI-Generated Content

Some attorneys continue to cite fake content generated by artificial intelligence tools. The problem now doesn’t just involve non-existent cases, but invented quotations and false factual assertions working their way…

America Is Improvising Its Way Through AI Governance
Article
AEIdeas

America Is Improvising Its Way Through AI Governance

The ideas for governing this technology are maturing fast. The institution capable of holding them is not. Closing that gap, before the models write the next models, is the real…

Copper Network Shutdown: International Insights for US Telecom Policy
Article
AEIdeas

Copper Network Shutdown: International Insights for US Telecom Policy

The US shares many challenges with these jurisdictions and can draw insights from their experiences, yet the comparison questions assumptions about what a post-copper world will look like and the…

Can Cybersecurity Policy Keep Up with AI?
Article
AEIdeas

Can Cybersecurity Policy Keep Up with AI?

Shane is joined by Kevin Frazier to examine what President Trump’s recent cybersecurity executive order does, what it leaves unresolved, and how policymakers can respond to AI-enabled cyber risks while…

Judicial Conservatives Mostly AWOL in Chatrie
Article
AEIdeas

Judicial Conservatives Mostly AWOL in Chatrie

For the Chatrie case, the action moves back to the Fourth Circuit. For more solid legal privacy protection, it’s a conservative effort in at least one state, enjoying bipartisan support,…

The Apple-Epic Feud Goes to the Supreme Court Over a Question of Judicial Power
Article
AEIdeas

The Apple-Epic Feud Goes to the Supreme Court Over a Question of Judicial Power

As the lawmaker, the court should bear the burden of clarifying what is prohibited, rather than allowing ambiguous drafting to chill lawful conduct.