Letter from ACT | The App Association to the Senate Commerce Committee hearing regarding AI and Innovation
Consumers Want AI, and Industry is Delivering. Will the Government Get Out of the Way?
Generative AI has arrived, faster and more transformative than anyone could have anticipated. Unlike previous technological revolutions, which took years to reach mass adoption, AI has surged into workplaces and everyday life in record time. New data shows that nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 to 64 [...]
DeepSeek’s Message to Western Policymakers: Unleash the Dynamism of AI Innovators or Risk Finishing a Distant Second
In October 2024, competition authorities from the G7 countries convened in Rome to discuss the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Their message to AI innovators was clear: expect coordinated and vigorous scrutiny. The recent unveiling of DeepSeek’s open-source R1 AI model, notably released under an MIT open-source licensing model, has [...]
Has the FTC Been Overreaching? The Balance Between AI Regulation and Innovation
At CES 2025, an insightful panel featuring Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Melissa Holyoak, along with former FTC Commissioners Christine Wilson and Julie Brill, tackled the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence (AI). They examined the FTC’s role in AI oversight, particularly through the unfair and [...]
A Crucial Hearing You May Have Missed: Protecting U.S. Innovators and Small Businesses from Patent Licensing Abuses
While you may have missed it, a vital hearing on issues at the core of small business innovation took place in the final days of the 118th Congress that will shape key legislative objectives starting in 2025. On December 18, 2024, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, [...]