On October 30, 2023, the White House announced its Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. The order addressed, in an industry-led US context,…
By Bronwyn Howell | July 23, 2024
The social networking website Tumblr is a shadow of its former self now, but from about 2010 to 2016 something new was arising in it. It was generally referred to…
By Will Rinehart | July 22, 2024
This is Part 4 in the THB series — Climate Fueled Extreme Weather. You can find Part 1 here Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Each can be read on their own, but…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | July 22, 2024
Systems of categorization and classification have played important roles throughout history, from ancient religious texts organizing moral codes to modern scientific frameworks. Among these is the modern digital data system,…
By Shane Tews | July 22, 2024
You wouldn’t expect to find a product review on this blog, but variety is the spice of life! Then again, your digital life may be a little too spicy, overcooked,…
By Jim Harper | July 18, 2024
Last week’s outages in Houston due to Hurricane Beryl were agonizing and frustrating. The Category 1 hurricane made landfall on July 8 and maintained hurricane strength until it reached Houston,…
By Lynne Kiesling | July 18, 2024
It might seem difficult to take positions on a prominent issue diametrically opposed and equally preposterous. But Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), a man whose Pavlovian opposition to the U.S. fossil…
By Benjamin Zycher | July 17, 2024
Key Points Executive Summary The aftermath of a global public health crisis, combined with the rise of populism at home and growing economic and security threats abroad, has persuaded a…
By M. Anthony Mills | July 17, 2024
Recently, the contrasting perspectives of two very different Democratic leaders have come sharply into focus as they presented forthright accounts of their ideologies. On the one hand, Democratic Representative Suzan…
By Claude Barfield | July 17, 2024
How does an otherwise-ordinary insurance lawsuit involving the interpretation of “landscaping” turn into something large enough to garner news media attention? A federal appellate court judge penned a witty, well-reasoned concurrence…
By Clay Calvert | July 16, 2024
Event Summary On July 16, AEI and the Brookings Institution hosted a three-panel event examining Chevron deference and the implications of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Former Sen. Patrick Toomey…
By M. Anthony Mills | Adam J. White | Philip Wallach | Kevin Kosar | Yuval Levin | July 16, 2024
“A film is born three times,” French filmmaker Robert Bresson once famously remarked. “First in the writing of the script, once again in the shooting, and finally in the editing.” …
By Will Rinehart | July 15, 2024