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Advancing the War Data Platform
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (481+ words) Data is the new ammunition. Protecting it, understanding it, accessing it, and using it is key to intelligence awareness, battlefield success and management effectiveness. In addition, as the Pentagon announced the clean audit of its War Data Platform (WDP), Deputy…...
Data Centers Escape to Orbit, Nimbys Follow
2+ week, 1+ day ago (374+ words) A reasonable assumption: if artificial intelligence delivers the productivity gains implied by today’s massive AI infrastructure spending, investment will continue and lots more data centers will get built. A second reasonable assumption: ongoing pushback will raise costs and extend timelines....
Regulating AI in an Age of Global Competition
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1763+ words) Below is a lightly edited and abridged transcript of our discussion. You can listen to this and other episodes of Explain to Shane on AEI.org and subscribe via your preferred listening platform. If you enjoyed this episode, leave us…...
The Pentagon’s War on Commercial Defense Investment
2+ week, 5+ day ago (290+ words) A recently released memo signed by Deputy Secretary Feinberg on “Supplier Cost and Pricing Transparency” may be the worst and most damaging piece of defense acquisition and industrial policy written in the last 50 years. It essentially returns defense contracting to…...
America needs a Space Academy that invests in people, not buildings
1+ week, 4+ day ago (84+ words) Read more at Space News. Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow What It Takes to Mobilize for War BY ON 27 Apr 26 Defense and Aerospace Report BY Todd Harrison ON 24 Apr 26 AEI Foreign and Defense Policy Working Paper Series The fiscal year 2027 defense…...
Waiting for the Trade Deficit to Go Away
1+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) Unfortunately, there is no sign that anything serious will be done to reign in the budget deficit. Indeed, there is the real risk that the need for increased defense spending in the wake of the Iran war will further increase…...
A California Showdown Over Platforms’ Expressive Rights, Users’ Interests, and Personalized Algorithmic Feeds | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
2+ week, 5+ day ago (119+ words) Google, Meta, and TikTok are appealing Davila’s decision to the Ninth Circuit. These are critical cases for both platforms’ and minors’ First Amendment rights that cannot be ignored. Clay Calvert, Nonresident Senior Fellow BY Clay Calvert ON 18 Aug 26 A preliminary…...
Are We on the Cusp of AI Turbulence?
2+ week, 3+ day ago (513+ words) When the stakes are high and time is short, those advocating interventionist economic policy have a stronger-than-usual case for urgent and direct action. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington worked with industry to speed vaccine creation and deployment. With thousands of…...
Why Regulate Chatbots? Florida’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Offers Possibilities
1+ week, 3+ day ago (305+ words) When Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in June, the case captured headlines in major newspapers across the country. That wasn’t surprising. Regarding harms, the complaint alleges numerous ones, including “cognitive decline or atrophy…...
The Politics of Social Security Reform Now
2+ week, 5+ day ago (220+ words) At a recent hearing of the Senate Finance Committee on “Exploring Process Approaches for Addressing Social Security Solvency,” Ranking Member Senator Wyden said the following in his opening statement: Senator Wyden appears to be referencing Senator Whitehouse’s April 2023 bill, the…...