March 13, 2025
Why Your Next Coworker Might Be an AI Agent
A number of leading AI CEOs, including Sam Altman, have suggested that 2025 will mark a transition from AI systems like ChatGPT, which answer questions, to AI agents capable of performing real-world tasks autonomously. A set of new research experiments provides a tantalizing glimpse of how AI agents might combine specialized expertise to tackle complex problems—just…
March 13, 2025
Trump vs. The Press
It’s time to push back against Donald Trump’s efforts to target, silence, and punish—via lawsuits, access restrictions, and exertions of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulatory authority—press entities that oppose and supposedly harm him or that fail to embrace his narratives. Trump’s attacks on journalism proliferate precisely when he demonstrates what AEI’s Jack Landman Goldsmith recently called “indifference…
March 12, 2025
WEIRD Reactions to Privacy Regulation
In my last blog, I discussed the effects of WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) psychology on attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence (AI). WEIRD societies have been shown to demonstrate very different approaches to trust than non-WEIRD societies. WEIRD societies have substituted trust in friends, families, and communities with trust in institutions that have enabled widespread trading with strangers….
March 12, 2025
Look Who’s Jawboning Now: The FCC
When attorney Robert Corn-Revere vents his views about issues affecting the First Amendment’s guarantees of free speech and press, it’s wise to attend. Currently chief counsel for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and a former partner at two leading law firms, Corn-Revere served as chief counsel for the late James Quello when he was chairman, a renowned…
March 7, 2025
WEIRD Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence—And Its Regulation?
The pioneering work of psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, alongside behavioral economists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein and practitioners such as Lord Mervyn King, leaves little doubt that individuals—when making decisions in the face of uncertainty—act a little weirdly. Specifically, they exhibit a host of cognitive biases that lead to poor decisions. These biases include: Subsequently, work by Joseph Henrich and others has shown that, while…
March 6, 2025
Rebuilding the Transatlantic Tech Alliance: Why Innovation, Not Regulation, Should Guide the Way
As artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and digital infrastructure reshape global power dynamics, the relationship between the United States and the European Union stands at a critical crossroads. Yet the EU’s pride in being the world’s leading digital regulator introduces significant challenges for transatlantic cooperation and hurts European consumers. While the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),…
March 4, 2025
Why AI Struggles with Basic Math (and How That’s Changing)
Large Language Models (LLMs) have ushered in a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrating remarkable capabilities in language generation, translation, and reasoning. Yet, LLMs often stumble over basic math problems, posing a problem for their use in settings—including education—where math is essential. However, these limitations are being addressed through improvements in the models themselves along…
March 4, 2025
Internet Expression: Yesteryear’s Supreme Court Rhetoric Meets Roberts’s Reality Check
Chief Justice John Roberts’ 2024 year-end report about the federal judiciary garnered significant mainstream news attention because of its focus on threats to both judicial independence and individual jurists. A Wall Street Journal headline crisply captured the thrust of Roberts’ sentiments: “Chief Justice Says Intimidation and Violence Threaten Judicial Independence.” To wit, former President George W. Bush’s high-court nominee wrote that while “criticism comes…
February 27, 2025
The Future of the Enterprise Browser: Highlights from My Conversation with Scott Montgomery
Web browsers are built for convenience—prioritizing speed, compatibility, and ease of use. But what happens when a browser isn’t for just an individual user but for an entire enterprise? In today’s cybersecurity landscape, where threats are constant and data breaches can be catastrophic, organizations need more than just a traditional browser. They need a secure…
February 25, 2025
Trump as Information Gatekeeper: Controlling Access, Controlling Narratives
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump seeks to ensure that narratives serving his agenda can flourish, while speakers––for example, Associated Press and broadcast journalists––who don’t amplify it are punished. In doing…