Press Releases

President Trump’s executive order on AI innovation and cybersecurity gets the central tradeoff right. Following South Korea’s local elections, policymakers should draw the same lesson and avoid turning AI safety into another layer of pre-market regulation.

Following President Trump’s executive order on AI innovation and cybersecurity, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Michelle Lopes Maldonado, associate director of AI policy.

ITIF today welcomed former Virginia Delegate Michelle Lopes Maldonado on board as associate director of AI policy.

Following the FCC's approval of EchoStar's sale of spectrum to AT&T and SpaceX, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statement from Joe Kane, ITIF’s director of broadband and spectrum policy.

The U.S. auto industry is facing a familiar test: innovative foreign competitors, lower-cost production abroad, and a wave of technological change that is reshaping the global market. America cannot afford to repeat previous mistakes as China races to dominate electric vehicles, batteries, autonomy, and advanced automotive manufacturing.

Following ABC's Petition for Declaratory Ruling regarding the FCC's Equal Opportunity Rule, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released the following statement from Joe Kane, ITIF’s director of broadband and spectrum policy

Chinese EVs are the product of decades of state-backed mercantilism designed to help China capture global leadership in advanced industries. Congress is right to act before they gain a foothold in the U.S. market.

The Hamilton Index, 2026 finds that China now produces nearly one-quarter of global output across the world’s most advanced industries, extending its lead over the United States and other major economies and raising concerns about the long-term implications for economic strength, supply chains, and national security.

Statement from Joe Kane following the Eighth Circuit’s decision holding that the Federal Communications Commission “exceeded its statutory authority in adopting a final rule authorizing the imposition of disparate impact liability.”

Daniel Castro officially took the helm today as president of ITIF, succeeding Robert D. Atkinson, who founded the organization in 2006 and led it to become the world’s top-ranked think tank for science and technology policy.