As AI models become more advanced, the conversation around their accessibility has intensified. At the heart of this debate is a crucial question: Should the “weights” of large language models…
By John Bailey | August 15, 2024
Last week’s headline, “Microsoft lashes out at Delta: Your ancient tech caused the service meltdown,” captures the frustration of the intertwined information technology infrastructure challenges. We’ve learned over the past three…
By Shane Tews | August 14, 2024
Examining the constitutionality of laws affecting speech on social media platforms, the US Supreme Court seems torn between issuing minimalistic decisions that sometimes even avoid a case’s substantive merits and making a…
By Clay Calvert | August 14, 2024
Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reclassified broadband as a common carrier service subject to Title II requirements originally designed to discipline the landline telephone system. By doing…
By Daniel Lyons | August 13, 2024
In 2021, Australia’s ultimatum to internet media platforms, including Meta (Facebook and Instagram’s parent company) and Google to “voluntarily” settle with mainstream media providers for use of their news content in platform…
By Bronwyn Howell | August 9, 2024
“We’re a court. We really don’t know about these things. You know, these are not like the nine greatest experts on the internet,” quipped Justice Elena Kagan in February 2023 during arguments…
By Clay Calvert | August 6, 2024
Our government grapples with challenges that demand quick solutions and decisive action. However, the government’s structure often lacks the necessary incentives to drive innovation. How can venture capital principles be…
By Shane Tews | August 5, 2024
In her unceasing campaign to forestall new international rules for digital trade, US Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai has seized upon a new rationale: the need to forge a new…
By Claude Barfield | August 2, 2024
Sometimes a false narrative is repeated so often that people accept it as true. This has been the situation with mergers in the US, where numerous government officials, some academics, and others have accepted and…
By Mark Jamison | August 1, 2024
Everything is right in my colleague Daniel Lyons’s recent post “Net Neutrality, and Other FCC Initiatives Jeopardized Post-Chevron,” covering practical upshots of the Chevron doctrine’s end at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).…
By Jim Harper | July 31, 2024
The US Supreme Court this year ruled on three cases—Lindke v. Freed, Murthy v. Missouri, and Moody v. NetChoice—affecting social media platforms and the First Amendment’sguarantee of free expression. While prior posts encapsulated the decisions…
By Clay Calvert | July 30, 2024
Social media companies found much to like in last month’s blockbuster Moody v. NetChoice decision. Facing legislation that would have forced Facebook, X, and others to carry content against the companies’ will,…
By Daniel Lyons | July 25, 2024
Last week’s global IT outage demonstrated the vulnerability of our deeply interconnected digital infrastructure. A single unchecked software update by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to its customer, Microsoft, rapidly cascaded…
By Shane Tews | July 24, 2024
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
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