A wave of new research is shedding light on artificial intelligence’s (AI) potential to change how we teach, learn, and assess student performance. From automating tedious grading tasks to enhancing…
By John Bailey | September 18, 2024
George Stigler’s 1971 paper “The Theory of Economic Regulation,” stands as an important piece of economic research. While most of the profession was convinced regulation advanced the overall public interest…
By Will Rinehart | September 18, 2024
In the world of tech and tax complications, the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling ordering Apple to pay a whopping €13 billion ($14 billion) in back taxes to…
By Shane Tews | September 17, 2024
Political scientist Francis Fukuyama is right, at least about one thing. The American political system is a vetocracy, a system ruled by vetoes. And in recent decades, this excessive power…
By Will Rinehart | September 16, 2024
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is one of the most profitable and valuable firms globally, and one of the most admired. That admiration, however, does not extend to government regulators. Google is currently facing over 100 investigations worldwide,…
By Mark Jamison | September 13, 2024
California officials took a public relations victory lap month upon reaching an agreement with Google under which a combination of state taxpayer dollars and financial contributions from the technology giant will finance a “News…
By Clay Calvert | September 12, 2024
America’s digital leadership is on the ballot this fall. One option, offered by the Republican platform, is to embrace the consumer-oriented and business-led economic policies that made the US the…
By Mark Jamison | September 11, 2024
An emerging body of research suggests that large language models (LLMs) can “deceive” humans by offering fabricated explanations for their behavior or concealing the truth of their actions from human users.…
By John Bailey | September 10, 2024
Last week, the California State Assembly passed SB 1047, a controversial AI safety bill that supporters contend would regulate advanced AI models to reduce the possibility of AI going haywire and…
By Will Rinehart | September 9, 2024
Is the new United Kingdom’s government leadership stepping back from the country’s recently acquired position as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) safety regulation? Announcements this past week show a shift in priorities…
By Shane Tews | September 6, 2024
Last week, global headlines spotlighted two separate flashpoints in the battle by governments to police social media networks. In Paris, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested for complicity in distribution of child…
By Daniel Lyons | September 5, 2024
Safeguarding minors online is essential, but figuring out how to shield them from lawful yet allegedly harmful content in ways that don’t violate the First Amendment isn’t easy for legislators fixated on…
By Clay Calvert | September 4, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris recently unveiled an economic plan centered on price controls, wage hikes, and subsidies. While the tech industry is not specifically targeted in her proposals, the broader economic ramifications…
By Mark Jamison | September 2, 2024
For a time, when I wanted to make a point that AI hype was overblown, I would just cite Elon Musk’s various predictions about autonomous vehicles (AV). In 2013, Musk predicted…
By Will Rinehart | September 2, 2024
The dust is settling from this week’s headline-grabbing release of Mark Zuckerberg’s letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan in which Meta’s CEO called “wrong” repeated pressure by Biden administration officials to have Facebook “censor…
By Clay Calvert | August 30, 2024