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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why AI safety requires more than industry self-regulation. Absent a mechanism for meaningful enforceable oversight, the so-called "pacing" proposal is an empty vessel. www.brookings.edu/articles/why...
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Why AI safety requires more than industry self-regulation | Brookings
Tom Wheeler evaluates efforts to regulate frontier AI and the need to ensure that AI labs make decisions oriented toward the public interest.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The AI revolution threatens a ‘token divide.’ AI will deliver an abundance of intelligence. The question is whether that will be equitable intelligence. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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The AI revolution threatens a 'token divide' | Brookings
Tom Wheeler warns that falling AI prices alone won't close the emerging "token divide" in access to intelligence itself.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Trump FCC’s regulatory guile. The Trump FCC has abandoned its independent status to follow the media manipulation instincts of Donald Trump. www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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The Trump FCC’s regulatory guile | Brookings
Tom Wheeler discusses the current FCC's use of "public interest" as a political weapon to serve the president’s interests.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
G7 should accept AI standards offer, but make it enforceable www.brookings.edu/articles/g7-...
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G7 should accept AI standards offer, but make it enforceable | Brookings
Tom Wheeler discusses the need to harmonize policies that promote the promise of AI while protecting enterprises, developers, and users.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
AI innovation requires access to models, but the dominant firms use their control to keep innovators out www.brookings.edu/articles/to-...
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To unleash AI innovation, stop model providers from picking the winners | Brookings
Asad Ramzanali and Tom Wheeler explain why competition is the best route to the future of inventive AI applications.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
FCC Chairman Carr's threat to ABC's broadcast licenses has no precedent in the FCC's 92-year history. The licensing authority exists to serve the public interest – not to punish broadcasters whose coverage a president finds distasteful
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The empty Trump national AI policy framework: Who is in charge of those in charge? www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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The empty national AI policy framework: Who is in charge of those in charge? | Brookings
Tom Wheeler and Bill Baer discuss what considerations are missing from the Trump administration's new national AI policy framework.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
The Trump FCC is leveraging public trust for political gain www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
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The Trump FCC is leveraging public trust for political gain | Brookings
Tom Wheeler discusses FCC Chairman Carr's recent threat against broadcasters and the broader implications for democracy.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Governing the AI transition: Lessons from the 1996 Telecommunications Act www.brookings.edu/articles/gov... Legislating in a tech transition tricky. The experience in the aftermath of the '96 Act can help inform any consideration of establishing rules during the AI transition.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The key to winning the "AI Race" is innovation. The key to such innovation is competition and openness. We cannot allow Big Tech to become Big AI without the establishment of guardrails and rules to protect the public interest.  www.brookings.edu/articles/fro...
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From open internet to open intelligence: Why AI’s market structure matters more than ever | Brookings
Tom Wheeler discusses designing AI policy to expand participation, competition, and diffusion before European Parliament on Jan. 14.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
OpenAI floats federal support for AI infrastructure—what should the public expect? www.brookings.edu/articles/ope...
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OpenAI floats federal support for AI infrastructure—what should the public expect? | Brookings
Tom Wheeler draws lessons from government support of private railroads to guide approaches to AI infrastructure.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Donald Trump’s digital mercantilism www.brookings.edu/articles/don...
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Donald Trump's digital mercantilism | Brookings
Tom Wheeler discusses how President Trump is seeking to assert dominion over the regulatory sovereignty of other nations for Big Tech.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Google decision demonstrates need to overhaul competition policy for AI era www.brookings.edu/articles/goo...
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Google decision demonstrates need to overhaul competition policy for AI era | Brookings
Tom Wheeler and Bill Baer discuss the decision in United States et al v. Google LLC and the need for forward-looking AI competition policy.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Trump’s executive orders politicize AI www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...
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Trump's executive orders politicize AI | Brookings
Tom Wheeler discusses how President Trump's AI Action Plan and recent executive orders will constrain development and threaten free speech.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Will Donald Trump make European tech great again? www.brookings.edu/articles/wil...
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Will Donald Trump make European tech great again?
Tom Wheeler discusses how President Trump's plans to protect U.S. tech companies might accelerate the EU turning its back on American tech.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The Trump FCC’s Coercion Cartel www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Trump FCC’s Coercion Cartel
The Trump FCC is not protecting free speech—it’s undermining it.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump’s tech tariffs: From protecting production to protecting Big Tech’s profits www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...
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Trump's tech tariffs: From protecting production to protecting Big Tech's profits
Tom Wheeler examines how Trump’s tariff policy shifts from protecting domestic production to safeguarding Big Tech profits.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Not ‘deregulation’ but heavy-handed regulation at the Trump FCC www.brookings.edu/articles/not...
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Not 'deregulation' but heavy-handed regulation at the Trump FCC
Tom Wheeler discusses the FCC's attempts to regulate decisions that oppose the Trump administration's goals despite promises of deregulation.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The Trump FCC is exploiting the vagueness of the statutory "public interest standard" to try to coercively affect editorial decisions of media outlets. Exploiting vagueness in matters of speech is an invitation to the exploitation of rights. www.brookings.edu/articles/tru...
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Trump’s CBS lawsuit ties media freedom to FCC’s regulatory power
Tom Wheeler analyzes the FCC Chairman's recent recommended rulemaking to define the public interest standard.
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tewheels.bsky.social @tewheels.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Are tariffs Big Tech’s new tool against EU regulation? www.brookings.edu/articles/are...
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Are tariffs Big Tech’s new tool against EU regulation?
Tom Wheeler analyzes how Big Tech companies are pushing for tariffs to attack global regulations on online platforms.
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