Imagine a futuristic hospital. An automated system alerts emergency room staff that an incoming patient has a blood-borne pathogen based on their electronic health record, allowing the hospital to prepare…
The Center filed comments to the International Trade Administration (ITA) regarding the establishment and implementation of the American AI Exports Program. We recommend the following: Commerce should clarify that the…
by Hodan Omaar
South Korea’s export restrictions on mapping data, while originally based on legitimate national security concerns, now primarily act as a protectionist measure that unfairly limits competition from foreign firms. Korean…
Last week, the European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Meta as to whether the company illegally restricted competition by preventing third-party artificial intelligence (AI) providers from using WhatsApp’s…
The European Commission recently unveiled long-overdue proposals to address persistent frustrations with the ePrivacy Directive, the EU’s framework for electronic communications privacy. Adopted in 2002 and updated in 2009, the…
The European Commission recently unveiled long-overdue proposals to address persistent frustrations with the ePrivacy Directive, the EU’s framework for electronic communications privacy. Adopted in 2002 and updated in 2009, the…
With Congress once again considering federal preemption of state AI laws, opponents of this idea are raising all sorts of objections. Federal preemption may sound wonky, but the idea is simple:…
The Shift in Rhetoric on AI and Biothreats is a Lesson on the Risks of Premature Regulation
by Martin Makaryan |
The about-face the scientific, academic, and tech communities have made on the risks of large language models (LLMs) creating biothreats should serve as a stark reminder for policymakers about the…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon delivered a speech on March 3 outlining the U.S. Department of Education’s “final mission”: To swiftly and responsibly implement President Trump’s controversial vision of shutting down…
With the European Commission’s newly released 2025 Strategic Foresight Report—its annual guide for setting long-term policy priorities—calling for an “EU values-based innovation model” as an alternative to the “market-driven” and…
