The Problem with Conan the Barbarian-Style Communications Policy

America’s technology competition with China is about more than just geopolitical competitiveness and national security. It is also about which values will dominate the globe in the age of artificial i...

An incoherent patchwork of state laws threatens to handicap America in the artificial intelligence race.

The inaugural episode of Scaling Laws, a new podcast to make sense of the AI revolution.

Government Podcast · Updated weekly · Scaling Laws explores (and occasionally answers) the questions that keep OpenAI’s policy team up at night, the ones that motivate legislators to host hearings on ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) activity is heating up again in Congress, with committees holding hearings to investigate various AI policy issues. Over the past three months, I have testified on behalf ...

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If this growing patchwork of parochial regulatory policies takes root, it could undermine U.S. AI innovation.

This analysis is in response to breaking news. It will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the scholar. New developments in Virginia and Texas signal how the debate over artificial...

Office of Science and Technology Policy 2415 Eisenhower Ave. Alexandria, VA 22314 ostp-ai-rfostp-ai-rfi@nitrd.govi@nitrd.gov Re: Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligenc...

Does a cat stand on two legs or four?

Maybe, but it isn’t going to be easy

This analysis is in response to breaking news and will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the author. Today in France, Vice President JD Vance delivered a powerful keynote address...

Beijing would quickly exploit the British order to allow access to encrypted data.

The key to global AI safety is continued American leadership in AI innovation, not more international treaties.

What was in the House Task Force's AI report?

On December 17th, the Bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) released its long-awaited final report, which weighed in at a hefty 273 pages and included 66 key findings and 85…

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A new governing trifecta is set to reshape the tech policy agenda in Washington, reports staff writer Gabby Miller.

This analysis is in response to breaking news and it will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the author. Tuesday’s elections signaled a major shift in American politics that will ...

This R Street series considers how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems are advancing medical capabilities and health outcomes. Previous installments explored how AI/ML syste...

In just one generation, we’ve moved from a world of informational scarcity to informational abundance thanks to the Internet and digital technology. A recent U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis report re...

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Dear Chair Obernolte, Co-Chair Lieu, and members of the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence: We, the undersigned organizations, are united in our belief that adopting flexible pro-innovation governa...

If the U.S. hopes to continue to be a global leader in AI and advanced algorithmic technologies, state lawmakers will need to adopt better policies to promote innovation and investment in a sector …

While artificial intelligence (AI) was barely on Washington’s radar screen a year ago, it has quickly become one of the hottest tech policy issues in Congress. A considerable amount of legislative a...

This analysis is based on breaking news and will be updated. To connect with the author, please e-mail pr@rstreet.org. The Biden administration today released a long-awaited major Executive Order (EO)...