At this year’s State of the Net Conference, our president, Morgan Reed, participated in a panel titled “Sovereign AI and the New Internet Order: Governing Intelligence Across Borders.” Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd, Morgan and his fellow panelists addressed the opportunities and challenges inherent in artificial intelligence (AI) governance. [...]
As federal negotiators scramble to assemble a comprehensive AI legislative package—one that would ideally preempt the mounting state-by-state patchwork threatening to fragment America's AI ecosystem—there's pressure to sweeten the deal with provisions addressing children's safety online. The impulse is understandable with AI chatbots like Meta’s that are having “sensual” [...]
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives in Washington next week for his second official visit since taking office, bringing with him a raft of bilateral priorities to discuss with Trump Administration officials. Trade, defense, and transatlantic cooperation will top the agenda—but U.S. officials shouldn't let the occasion pass without raising [...]
As global policymakers continue to debate the future of digital competition policy, one trend has become increasingly clear: an appetite for regulatory frameworks modeled after the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is no longer confined to EU Member States. Jurisdictions around the world are now considering similar ex-ante [...]