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May 6, 2024: Beyond the SCIF: A Conversation with Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) on AI and Biosecurity
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May 6, 2024: Beyond the SCIF: A Conversation with Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) on AI and Biosecurity

Event Summary On May 6, following introductory remarks by Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Mike Turner (R-OH), Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) moderated a panel with AEI’s…

Borderless Banking: How Crypto Cuts Through Red Tape (with Candace Kelly)
Podcast

Borderless Banking: How Crypto Cuts Through Red Tape (with Candace Kelly)

As the world becomes increasingly interconnected economically, blockchain-based financial networks offer new solutions for facilitating seamless international trade, remittances, and humanitarian aid. What specific advantages do blockchain-based financial networks offer…

Artificial Intelligence and Constitutional Interpretation: Can New Technologies Uncover Old Meanings?
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AEIdeas

Artificial Intelligence and Constitutional Interpretation: Can New Technologies Uncover Old Meanings?

Can artificial intelligence assist conservative jurists in pursuing an originalist text, history, and tradition approach for interpreting and applying the US Constitution? Can it help them better ferret out––more accurately and efficiently––the original…

Op-Ed
The Hill

How Serious Are They? Colorado Leftists Sold Out Their Climate Commitments for a Paltry $140M

That the environmental left is relentless is not news, but the current machinations on policies intended to suppress fossil energy production in Colorado are fascinating. Under a compromise being negotiated between Gov. Jared…

No, the REAL ID Deadline Is Not in One Year
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AEIdeas

No, the REAL ID Deadline Is Not in One Year

According to a slew of minor media reports, one year remains before the REAL ID deadline. On May 7, 2025, the story goes, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin…

Regulatory Uncertainty Pushes Good People Out of Crypto
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AEIdeas

Regulatory Uncertainty Pushes Good People Out of Crypto

There’s a kind of policy argument around technology that relies on inevitability. It surely must rankle a given technology’s foes, and it probably does not persuade them. But it may…

Examine the FCC’s Proposal on Bulk Billing: A Call to Protect Consumer Interests
Article
AEIdeas

Examine the FCC’s Proposal on Bulk Billing: A Call to Protect Consumer Interests

Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), recently shared with her fellow commissioners a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at eliminating bulk billing arrangements for broadband and…

Minimal Human Effort and New Speech-Creating Technologies: Protecting Both Conduct and Content
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AEIdeas

Minimal Human Effort and New Speech-Creating Technologies: Protecting Both Conduct and Content

The First Amendment to the US Constitution safeguards “freedom of speech” from government censorship. But does it––and should it––protect speech created by modern technological tools that involve minimal human effort, like the…

Six Takeaways from Stanford University’s 2024 Report on the State AI
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AEIdeas

Six Takeaways from Stanford University’s 2024 Report on the State AI

The 2024 Artificial Intelligence Index, released by Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), delivers crucial insights into AI’s influence and developments. This detailed yearly report presents a data-based overview…

We Must End the Litigation Doom Loop
Op-Ed
Slow Boring

We Must End the Litigation Doom Loop

A federal judge recently issued an injunction to block the approval of a powerline that would have connected 161 renewable energy projects to the electric grid, providing more clean energy to consumers…

Can AI Regulation Really Make Us Safe(r)?
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AEIdeas

Can AI Regulation Really Make Us Safe(r)?

In the late nineteenth century, the latest new-fangled invention was the motor car. In both Europe and the United States, regulations required a man waving a red flag to walk ahead of…

Generative AI, Soundalikes and Publicity Rights: Elvis Reenters the Building
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AEIdeas

Generative AI, Soundalikes and Publicity Rights: Elvis Reenters the Building

Here’s a quick aural exercise in property rights: Think about Tom Petty . . . and now hear him (in your mind) singing the words “glide down over Mulholland.” Or hear Billie Eilish in…

Defending the Digital Realm (with Jason Hogg)
Podcast

Defending the Digital Realm (with Jason Hogg)

The proliferation of cyber threats has evolved into a crisis: Last year, there were 880 million cybercrime complaints resulting in over $12 billion in losses. Analysts suggest that cybercrime is…

The AI ecosystem is complex and dynamic: Its regulation should acknowledge that
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The Hill

The AI ecosystem is complex and dynamic: Its regulation should acknowledge that

Last Thursday, Meta announced the newest iteration of its large language model (LLM), Llama 3. The newest model will aim to dislodge OpenAI as the market leader through various improvements driven…

Why Saving AM Radio Is Redundant in the Age of Modern Technology
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AEIdeas

Why Saving AM Radio Is Redundant in the Age of Modern Technology

In an age where technology evolves at an unprecedented pace, it’s hard to justify clinging to outdated modes of communication, especially when superior alternatives exist. This brings us to the…