Cartoon Preemption in Federal Privacy Legislation
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AEIdeas

Cartoon Preemption in Federal Privacy Legislation

The SECURE Data Act would improperly sweep away state laws and legal approaches that help protect privacy and data security.

The European Commission’s New Proposed Regulations Want to Re-Engineer Your Smartphone
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AEIdeas

The European Commission’s New Proposed Regulations Want to Re-Engineer Your Smartphone

The smartphone is a meticulously engineered security architecture, and the European Commission's Draft Measures under the Digital Markets Act now threaten its integrity.

AI in the Everyday: Notes from Google I/O
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AI in the Everyday: Notes from Google I/O

A week ago, I had the chance to attend Google I/O, which made one thing clear: the next phase of AI isn't about the extraordinary. It's about the everyday.

Congressional Use of Artificial Intelligence (with Aubrey Wilson)
Podcast

Congressional Use of Artificial Intelligence (with Aubrey Wilson)

Artificial intelligence is being integrated into nearly every industry, but how is Congress using AI? As policymakers and their staff work to serve their constituents, can AI be used as…

Chatrie After-Action: Lock Up Your Stuff
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Chatrie After-Action: Lock Up Your Stuff

Chatrie will make it no wiser to rely on legal protections. You must lock up your own stuff.

AI Cybersecurity Can’t Wait for Washington: Why Industry Must Lead
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AI Cybersecurity Can’t Wait for Washington: Why Industry Must Lead

Industry must lead in AI cybersecurity. The government must be ready to keep up.

Lessons From Arkansas: Social Media Addiction Legislation is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary
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Lessons From Arkansas: Social Media Addiction Legislation is Unconstitutional and Unnecessary

An April decision by a federal court in Arkansas illustrates why legislation designed to prevent the supposed scourge–moral panic?–of social media addiction is both unconstitutional and unwarranted.

In AI, Bigger Firms Mean Faster Progress
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In AI, Bigger Firms Mean Faster Progress

Large firms are not slowing AI; naïve regulatory policies do.

Does Our Spectrum System Need to Be Revamped? 
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Does Our Spectrum System Need to Be Revamped? 

Shane is joined by Thomas Hazlett to discuss how we can use spectrum more efficiently if we update the regulatory boundaries around their uses and the regulations that bind them.

You Can’t Just Plug in a Data Center
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Knowledge Problem

You Can’t Just Plug in a Data Center

Large new electricity demand does not simply appear on the grid. It has to be forecast, studied, planned, financed, physically connected, and then delivered reliably hour after hour.

Why the Feel-Good K.G.M. Social Media Verdict is Troubling
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Why the Feel-Good K.G.M. Social Media Verdict is Troubling

As media hoopla over the $6 million March verdict in the K.G.M. social media addiction trial fades, it’s important to reflect on numerous problems with both the outcome and the…

Responding to the Erosion of Independent Regulation
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AEIdeas

Responding to the Erosion of Independent Regulation

If effective independence declines, policymakers should focus less on labels and more on building credibility and predictability. They are what ultimately encourage investment, innovation, and growth.

The EU’s Marking of Its Own Digital Markets Act Homework Found Wanting
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AEIdeas

The EU’s Marking of Its Own Digital Markets Act Homework Found Wanting

The EU’s finding of the “success” of its DMA lacks credibility, as it falls far short of the kind of comprehensive cost-benefit analysis normally considered necessary to assess the efficacy…

Unlocking the Airwaves: Spectrum Allocation and Regulation (with Thomas Hazlett)
Podcast

Unlocking the Airwaves: Spectrum Allocation and Regulation (with Thomas Hazlett)

There is an invisible resource that powers our smartphones and connects our devices: spectrum airwaves. But regulations governing these airwaves were set decades ago, long before the age of smartphones…

What It Takes to Mobilize for War
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American Enterprise Institute

What It Takes to Mobilize for War

Key Points Executive Summary Recent wars have exposed a reality that peacetime defense planning often understates: Stockpiles are finite, production does not surge overnight, and success in a protracted conflict…