As 2024 comes to a close, we’re taking the time to look back and analyze some of the biggest developments in tech policy. The following represents the technology and innovation…
By The Editors | December 30, 2024
The digital age has brought unprecedented opportunities for learning and connection, but it also presents new challenges for parents and guardians. Social media platforms and operating systems offer a range…
By Shane Tews | December 24, 2024
An undergraduate class on Congress and legislation was one of the lowlights of my academic career. In my work for the class, I would often get wrapped up in critiquing…
By Will Rinehart | December 23, 2024
In my courses on policy analysis I teach my students to focus on problem definition before even thinking about policy options. The problem facing major American research universities, as characterized…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | December 23, 2024
Sometimes a hard-fought First Amendment win at the US Supreme Court leads to a longer, more difficult battle for the victor after the justices send the case back to a…
By Clay Calvert | December 23, 2024
his thought-provoking book, Brave New Words, Sal Khan discusses his early experimentation with generative AI, or GenAI, models and how, over time, they might change education. If AI is a new…
By John Bailey | December 23, 2024
The United States holds a commanding lead in data-center capacity, hosting 37% of the world’s facilities, and being home to the largest data center providers — Amazon.com, Microsoft, and Alphabet. These data…
By Mark Jamison | December 23, 2024
With the US Supreme Court agreeing to review on January 10 this month’s appellate court ruling against TikTok, it’s essential to place the high court’s pending decision in a broader context. Setting aside nuances…
By Clay Calvert | December 20, 2024
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit upheld the TikTok divest-or-ban bill against a constitutional challenge. The result was unsurprising given how poorly TikTok fared at…
By Daniel Lyons | December 20, 2024
Description AEI fellows James W. Coleman and Adam J. White join Santi Ruiz of the Institute for Progress and Nicholas Bagley of the University of Michigan Law School to discuss…
By James Coleman | Adam White | December 20, 2024
The discussion of grid defection has reemerged with the changes in the technical capabilities of distributed resources, the growth of data center demand, and questions about whether utilities are up…
By Lynne Kiesling | December 19, 2024
India’s Digital Competition Bill of 2024 represents a crucial balancing act for the nation’s digital economy. The legislation aims to foster digital entrepreneurship while carefully avoiding regulatory constraints that could…
By Shane Tews | December 19, 2024
What’s the difference between a completely true statement, one that’s substantially true, and one that’s just plain false? The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit grappled with that…
By Clay Calvert | December 18, 2024
Last week I wrote about the grid defection discussion circa 2014, motivated by Elisa Wood’s webinar with Seyyed Ali Sadat and Joshua Pearce of Western Ontario University on their new paper in…
By Lynne Kiesling | December 17, 2024
It is deeply unfortunate that the vast wave of information, education, interaction, commerce, and creativity borne by the internet comes with costs like greater access to child sexual abuse material…
By Jim Harper | December 17, 2024