ACT Urges District Court to Grant Injunction in Anthropic v. U.S. Dept of War
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The strength and effectiveness of the United States military is due in no small part to its ability to leverage complex logistics with the support of private enterprise, including from small technology businesses like the members of ACT | The App Association (ACT). However, the uncertainty and confusion created by Secretary Hegseth’s designation of Anthropic’s artificial intelligence (AI) models as a “supply chain risk” and the manner in which it was declared, has created a heavy [...]
ACT | The App Association Letter to USTR and Commerce Urging Action on Korea’s Digital Platform Regulation
The Honorable Jamieson Greer U.S. Trade Representative 600 17th Street Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20508 The Honorable Howard Lutnick Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Avenue Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20230 Dear Ambassador Greer and Secretary Lutnick, ACT | The App Association (ACT) commends the Trump Administration for its continued work on removing trade barriers that impede American businesses’ access to global markets and distort fair competition. A strong, predictable, and rules-based [...]
Always Be Filing: ACT Filing Activity February 2026
Throughout the year, our policy team submits filings with government bodies worldwide to advocate for a regulatory environment that inspires and rewards innovation. From issues around regulating artificial intelligence to digital trade, our team is ACTive on a wide range of topics that could have a positive or negative impact on our small business members driving the app economy. Below is a roundup of our filings from around the globe this past month. Title: Comments of ACT | The [...]
What Europe’s Regulatory Experiment and Its Impacts Should Mean for Brazil
I recently had the opportunity to present the Association for Competitive Technology’s (ACT’s) research on the hidden costs of AI regulation at a discussion hosted by Lawgorithm to an audience focused on the future of AI governance in Brazil. Drawing from our report The Hidden Cost of AI Regulations: A Survey of EU, UK, and U.S. Companies, I talked about what happens when well-intentioned rules outpace the innovation they’re meant to govern, and why Brazil’s policymakers should be paying [...]