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January 24, 2024
Trump’s Big, Bold AI Gamble
What a difference a week makes. As others and I have predicted, newly-inaugurated President Trump rolled back much of his predecessor’s policy approach to artificial intelligence (AI). But few forecasted just how stark the contrast has been. Last week, before the inauguration, I argued that Trump should reverse outgoing President Biden’s ill-considered Executive Order on AI. As…
January 23, 2024
Sustainability Highlighted at Consumer Electronics Show 2024
Spanning everything from smartphones, more efficient appliances, larger (and thinner) televisions, and new designs in wearables for health and fitness, the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) showcases a vast range of products and technologies in Las Vegas every January to preview the innovations heading into homes and businesses in the coming year. Whether crafted for entertainment,…
January 22, 2024
Should Internet Platforms Be Classified as Common Carriers?
In my latest blog post, I illustrated that the increased privacy rationale used by the majority of the commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission to support the reclassification of broadband internet service providers (ISPs) in its resuscitated Open Internet Order, rulemaking would have negligible effect. This is because the risk of privacy breaches by ISPs (for…
January 18, 2024
OpenAI-New York Times Copyright Fight Further Illustrates Autonomy-Automaton Dichotomy
The latest dispute between the New York Times and OpenAI reinforces the distinction in understanding artificial intelligence (AI) between autonomy and automatons, which we have previously examined. The Gray Lady turned heads late this past year when it filed suit against OpenAI, alleging that the artificial intelligence giant’s ChatGPT software infringed its copyrights. Broadly speaking, the Times alleged that the famous chatbot…
January 17, 2024
Can the FCC’s Open Internet Order Really Increase Consumer Safety?
On January 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to report on its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet. If it proceeds, broadband internet access services, provided by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will be reclassified as telecommunications services subject to Title II of the Communications Act 1934. Broadband providers will…
January 9, 2024
Broadband Pricing Under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program
Key Points Read the PDF. Congress created the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, a prominent feature of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),1 to usher areas without modern broadband into the digital age. Congress found: The IIJA provides $42.45 billion for planning, infrastructure deployment, and adoption programs in all 50 states, American…
January 9, 2024
Examining Manipulated Media and Platform Accountability
On October 24, 2023, AEI hosted a panel to discuss a case facing Meta’s Oversight Board, which concerns an altered video posted by a Facebook user of President Joe Biden. The video raises questions about social media platforms’ responsibilities and their ability to influence public perceptions of political figures. The panel included AEI’s Clay Calvert and Shane…
January 5, 2024
Louis Brandeis and William McKinley: An Unlikely Pair United Under Biden
William McKinley won the presidency under the banner of the “Full Diner Pail” for workers allegedly underpinned by protection and high tariffs. Louis Brandeis, by contrast, was a free trader who abhorred concentrated corporate power (today’s Big Tech). The Biden administration has accomplished the unlikely feat of merging neo-Brandeisian trustbusting with portions of “Full Dinner Pail” protectionism….
March 16, 2023
The SVB Bailout Will Have Unfortunate Long-Term Implications
Now that the bailout of the Silicon Valley Bank depositors at 100 percent rather than the nominal $250,000 limit has been announced, it is difficult to discern whether the primary motivation is avoidance of future bank runs by small businesses and the like, or an old-fashioned effort to reward the wealthy friends of the Democratic…