The recent release of Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson has brought much needed attention to the problem of sclerotic government, especially vetocracy. Vetocracy is an emergent property of…
By Will Rinehart | April 3, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is likely to transform workplaces, fundamentally changing tasks, teamwork, and organizational dynamics. Several recent studies highlight promising early findings about how AI is affecting knowledge workers, suggesting…
By John Bailey | March 28, 2025
In the waning days of the Biden administration, a flurry of regulatory activity sought to cement policies that would be difficult for President Trump to unwind. New trade and labor agreements, expanded spending commitments, and a slew of…
By Mark Jamison | March 26, 2025
Donald Trump and Brendan Carr, the president’s choice to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), seem intent on reinvigorating the Commission’s statutory authority to ensure that over-the-over broadcasters serve “the…
By Clay Calvert | March 25, 2025
The idea behind the nondelegation doctrine is sound: Congress should not delegate legislative power to executive branch agencies. But its implementation leaves much to be desired. Nearly every nondelegation case…
By Daniel Lyons | March 21, 2025
Will artificial intelligence help, replace, or kill us? These long-unanswered questions came back into focus earlier this week, as the Pew Research Center published the results of an eye-opening poll…
By Michael M. Rosen | March 21, 2025
President Trump’s recent executive order (EO) asserting more formal control over so-called independent agencies has sparked controversy. Critics decry it as a “fundamental reshaping of the federal government” and even…
By Mark Jamison | March 18, 2025
Creating and managing a positive digital environment for children has become a priority for parents, lawmakers, and technology companies. However, as proposals progress to develop solutions and implement protections, we…
By Shane Tews | March 18, 2025
Scholars often cite the 1984 Betamax case as a pivotal moment in the development of modern American tech policy. The entertainment industry sought to prohibit Sony from selling its videocassette…
By Daniel Lyons | March 7, 2025
Event Summary On March 4, AEI’s Matthew Continetti and Michael M. Rosen gathered to discuss Mr. Rosen’s new book, Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us…
By Michael M. Rosen | March 6, 2025
A survey of perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in 31 countries in 2023 yields significantly less positive perceptions of the new technology in developed western economies than in emerging and non-western…
By Bronwyn Howell | March 3, 2025
Two weeks ago, Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane made history when it broke the sound barrier over the continental United States, reaching 750 miles per hour (Mach 1.12) near Barstow, California. You…
By Will Rinehart | February 26, 2025
I’m intensely ambivalent about fast-moving events in Washington, DC, where President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a joint venture with Elon Musk, is causing consternation. Whether part of a…
By Jim Harper | February 21, 2025
In November, I examined a federal lawsuit filed by a Florida mother who claims that Character.AI ––a platform operated by Character Technologies, Inc.––and affiliated companies Alphabet and Google are civilly…
By Clay Calvert | February 20, 2025
There were many contradictions in antitrust enforcement under Biden. But what if Trump’s administration follows the same path? In a striking irony, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case against…
By Mark Jamison | February 19, 2025