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November 5, 2025
Will Wyoming Be the Token Seizure State?
We throw rocks in the stream, hoping to move the flow to a better channel. That’s one metaphor for what we do in public policy analysis and commentary. I have some boulders for you, Wyoming, and a shiny stone you might find attractive. The world of digital form-factor US dollars is not divided between private…
November 4, 2025
Online Hate Speech, Threats, and Incitement: Understanding Key Differences After Bondi’s Blunder
As commotion subsides over US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s gaffe following Charlie Kirk’s assassination about prosecutors targeting people who engage in online “hate speech,” it’s vital to distinguish hate speech from both true threats and incitement so that similar mistakes aren’t made. Here’s a recap of the controversy, followed by an overview of important distinctions…
November 3, 2025
Washington Working to Expand AI Globally: The Effort to Export American AI Infrastructure
The US Department of Commerce has launched what could become one of the most significant initiatives in the Administration’s AI Action Plan: the American AI Exports Program. This new effort positions the Department of Commerce as an active partner in expanding the global reach of American AI technologies: hardware, software, and models. This initiative marks…
November 1, 2025
Is AI a Circular Money Machine? 3 Reasons Not to Worry.
AI looks like a circular money machine. Microsoft owns a major stake in OpenAI, which in turn invests in AMD. Nvidia puts billions of dollars into OpenAI and holds equity in CoreWeave, one of Microsoft’s cloud suppliers. The same dollars are simply bouncing between balance sheets, rather than creating new economic activity. Equity markets are soaring, paying little mind to…
October 31, 2025
‘Adaptation’ Is Another Climate Boondoggle
Alex Flint and Kalee Kreider admit that ordinary central planning won’t reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet despite “the incredible ingenuity of people and markets,” they suggest a different form of central planning is needed: namely, adaptation in the form of “changing where and how we grow crops, and where people can safely live,” among other government-driven dislocations (“We Can’t…
October 31, 2025
Australian Regulator Takes Aim at Chatbots
Australia is rapidly developing a reputation for being the fastest e-regulator in the world. Not content with her world-leading legislation prohibiting under-16s from having social media accounts—taking effect on December 15—the e-Safety Commissioner has turned her sights to chatbots. On September 9, the Commissioner registered six new industry-drafted codes under Australia’s Online Safety Act…
October 30, 2025
When Kids’ Safety Becomes a Trojan Horse for Risky App Store Regulation
The federal government may be shut down, but Congress continues to cause chaos. As the 2025 legislative session comes to an end, lawmakers are taking advantage of the lull to attach their pet projects to any bill that might pass—most recently, a kids’ online safety package pending approval once the government reopens. As I have…
October 29, 2025
Will AI Agents Make The Perfect Contract?
At the Roots of Progress Conference earlier this month, Tyler Cowen interviewed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who at one point wondered about the world that was to come with AI agents. In the not too distant future, he imagined that AI agents would be involved in every aspect of business and would even negotiate with…
October 29, 2025
Apple’s Removal of ICE-Location Apps: Examining First Amendment Issues
Apple recently banned crowd-sourced applications from its App Store, including ICEBlock, that let users post nearby sightings and locations of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Debuting in April, ICEBlock rose “to the top of the Apple App Store” by early July. Relying on anonymously uploaded sightings, ICEBlock alerts other users “about ICE presence…
October 28, 2025
New Patent Office Director Makes Waves with New Rules for Patent Challenges
The new director of the Patent Office is wasting little time on the job, announcing several new rules and practices that will make it more difficult to challenge the validity of issued patents. John Squires, officially the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, published…