The United States and China are locked in a battle to dominate the global artificial intelligence landscape. Much of Silicon Valley assumes that if the U.S. wins that race, it will usher in an era of AI technologies that reflect democratic values and protect individual freedoms. “The United States must pursue decisive technical superiority fueled by a vision for American AI that advances democratic values and global development,” said a recent report from the Center for a New American S

Artificial intelligence excels at combing through large amounts of data to provide whatever answer or analysis a user needs. The Trump administration has been leveraging the power of AI to sift through a tremendous amount of publicly available data to help fulfill the president’s promise of mass deportation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to revoke visas and detain foreign students if AI-fueled reviews of their public speech unearth disfavored opinions. The AP reported that more th

Almost exactly two years ago at an appearance on Capitol Hill, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman begged Congress to regulate the artificial intelligence industry before it was too late and the technology severely damaged society.  “My worst fears are that we—the field, the technology, the industry—cause significant harm to the world. ... If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong,” Altman said. “Regulatory intervention by governments will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful

Tucked inside the House Judiciary Committee’s draft legislation for the upcoming “big beautiful” Republican reconciliation bill is language that would strip the Federal Trade Commission of its antitrust enforcement authority and hand it over to the Justice Department. Committee Chair Jim Jordan has championed the shift in the past, as have other more populist Republicans like Sen. Mike Lee from Utah. Even the president’s self-described “first buddy” Elon Musk has endorsed the idea.  From an ef

The release of ChatGPT in late 2022, followed by a deluge of similar generative AI programs, raised questions about how existing intellectual property laws will apply to the new technology.  Courts around the world are busy hearing cases about whether the use of copyrighted data to train these programs violates the law, while patent offices are left trying to determine if–and how–IP protections apply to AI-generated or AI-assisted inventions.  However, there is another option: The worl

On Thursday, the White House posted on X an AI-generated image of a law enforcement officer arresting a crying woman, apparently to boast about its crackdown on immigration. The incident underscored the Trump administration’s open contempt for immigrants, particularly those it claims enter the country illegally, while also highlighting its stated goal of ensuring U.S. dominance in AI—an industry led by immigrants. In 2023, immigrants founded or co-founded 65 percent of the top A

On Wednesday, President Trump ignored both law and 90 years of Supreme Court precedent when he fired the two Democratic commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission, potentially changing the agency from a nonpartisan enforcer of trade law to the president's personal trade enforcement bureau. “Our staff is unafraid of the Martin Shkreli and Jeff Bezos of the world. They take them to court and they win,” said Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya in a written statement after he learned of his (poss