2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (517+ words) New studies provide an emerging picture of AI use and its labor market impacts. AI use tracks income and education. The benefits compound where adoption is already highest." Among Americans who have used AI, the Census Bureau asked how it's…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (141+ words) The Secure Data Act is a serious and largely welcome piece of legislation. It correctly identifies that the collection of personal data, without corresponding responsibility for its protection, has become a systemic risk to consumers, markets, and national security." Anthropic's…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (371+ words) It's the biggest question in macroeconomics right now: Will artificial intelligence give economic growth a small bump or launch a no-doubt, 1990s-style productivity boom? How about a historical break with important technologies of the past like electrification or the computer?...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (877+ words) When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)the world's leading semiconductor manufacturerreports a 34 percent increase in August revenue, it's more than just corporate success; it's evidence of a fundamental economic shift, signaling that technology has become the centerpiece of modern…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (185+ words) While it's unlikely that Abundance will prompt a revolution of the moderates to revamp the American legal system (that's not how moderates work), one can foresee a coalition of center-right policymakers and Abundance-minded leftists to achieve meaningful reforms of the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (827+ words) Digital trust and safety has many challenges in the digital services ecosystem. In the absence of standards, organizations and agencies have adopted their own, often clashing, versions. But it's vital that an international standard be set so that companies and…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (306+ words) Last week in this space, we examined the latest developments in the competition between the US and China over artificial intelligence. Specifically, we explored how Chinese AI models are closing the gap with American ones, including through Beijing's plundering of…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (278+ words) This is not hype. It is a capability explosion the U. S. government is now racing to address before adversaries can match it. The problem is execution. The patching effort, even if done well, will be incomplete when the window closes. Some…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (97+ words) Society benefits most when the legal framework supports permissionless innovation, placing primary responsibility on end users who violate the law, rather than discouraging the creation of technologies that can be used for multiple purposes because of fear of misuse. BY…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (530+ words) Compared to the typical American, Americans with disabilities are about twice as likely to be unemployed and they are two-thirds less likely to even enter the workforce. These facts alone should give policymakers pause. Eighty percent of people with disabilities…...