Technology and Innovation
Technology and innovation drive greater opportunity, choice, and mobility throughout society. But among policymakers, these market drivers face a precautionary approach that has resulted in a convoluted labyrinth of permits and red tape that encumber entrepreneurial activities in the name of keeping Americans safe. Mercatus research makes the case that a permissionless approach grounded in the notion that experimentation with new technologies and innovations should generally be permitted by default.
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No, AI Is Not Ripping off Uber Drivers | The Hill
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Ford’s Battery Saga: A Glimpse Into the Turbulent EV Transition | Forbes
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Computer Chips: Stronger Ties Can Mitigate Costs | Intereconomics
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Arkansas and Oklahoma Top the Drone Commerce Readiness Rankings | KUAF radio’s “Ozarks at Large”
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Blumenthal/Hawley AI Legislation | WTIC
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Good FAA Update on State and Local Rules for Drone Airspace | The Technology Liberation Front
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On Defining "Killer AI"
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Drone Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment | The Federalist Society's "Fourth Branch Podcast"
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Before Congress Acts on AI, It Should Fully Understand Existing Legislation | The Hill
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2023 State Drone Commerce Rankings
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Labor and the Gig Economy, Technology Startups, and Entrepreneurship | "Dialogue With Manhar"
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The Emerging Global Divide Over AI Regulation | Digital Spirits
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Comments Urging a Sectoral Approach to AI and Cloud Services Competition
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Comments Urging a Sectoral Approach to AI Accountability
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What’s the Best Use for Crypto? Let AI Figure It Out | Bloomberg Opinion
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The Crisis of Technical Deference | Digital Spirits
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Computer Chips: Stronger Ties Can Mitigate Costs | Intereconomics
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Arkansas and Oklahoma Top the Drone Commerce Readiness Rankings | KUAF radio’s “Ozarks at Large”
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Blumenthal/Hawley AI Legislation | WTIC
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Aggregated Smartphone Location Data to Assist in Response to Pandemic
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FAA Grounds Planes | Bloomberg Radio
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The FCC Should Modernize Over-the-Air Reception Device Rules
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Colorado Broadband Policy Should Focus on Competition and Deployment
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Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee
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American Spectrum Policy Should Allow More Compensation to Agencies for Clearing and More Geographic-Based Sharing
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Lifting Barriers to Entrepreneurship
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Leased Access Mandates Infringe on the First Amendment Rights of Cable Operators, and the FCC Should Decline to Enforce the Regulations
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University-Industry Collaboration for Stronger Innovation
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The Internet of Things and Consumer Product Hazards
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Creating an Environment for Permissionless Innovation
Testimony before the US Congress Joint Economic Committee
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Montana Should Urge Scrutiny and Reform of the Universal Service Fund Subsidy Programs
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Informational Injury in FTC Privacy and Data Security Cases
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In the Matter of Restoring Internet Freedom
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In the Matter of Modernization of Media Regulation
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The Department of Transportation’s Proposed Vehicle-to-Vehicle Technology Mandate Is Unprecedented and Hasty
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Highly Automated Vehicle Policies in Pennsylvania
Testimony before the Pennsylvania Joint Senate and House Transportation Committees
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Creating an Environment of Permissionless Innovation in Outer Space
Testimony before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space
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Comment on the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy
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What the Breathless AI ‘Extinction’ Warning Gets Wrong | Bloomberg Opinion
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Would You Let Elon Musk Implant a Device in Your Brain? | Bloomberg
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Optimism, AI (and the End of Homework!) | "Call Me Back with Dan Senor"
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The Psychopathology of Digital Life | Discourse
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ChatGPT Is Also an Impressive Feat of Marketing | Bloomberg Opinion
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Occupational Licensing for AI? | National Review's "The Corner"
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Could AI Help Us Humans Trust Each Other More? | Bloomberg Opinion
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Reading the F-Tea-C Leaves | Digital Spirits
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AI Experts Aren’t Always Right About AI | Bloomberg Opinion
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EV Tax-Credit Restrictions Shortchanging U.S. Consumers | The Detroit News
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Who Gets the Algorithm? The Bigger TikTok Danger | Lawfare
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Four Horsemen of the Bureaucratic Apocalypse Come for AI | Truth on the Market
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Call Out Crony Crops | Farming Abundance
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AI Could Spell the End of Big Business | Bloomberg Opinion
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