Artificial Intelligence

The UK’s copyright system has long prioritized economic interests over creators’ control, allowing industries to learn from creative works without permission. Critics now opposing AI training have benefited from these same principles. A fair debate should acknowledge this precedent rather than selectively restricting AI.

Recent developments, including DeepSeek’s notable successes, have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the U.S. export control policy and show how U.S. firms may ultimately pay the price unless the Trump administration takes a new approach.

The DeepSeek breakthrough does not vindicate or discredit antitrust policies but is a wake-up call. Rather than celebrating moves to hobble its tech ecosystem, the United States needs a coherent national strategy that leverages all American innovative capabilities to ensure U.S. AI leadership.

The Trump administration has two choices after ending de minimis treatment for imports from China: Either turn Customs and Border Patrol into the largest federal agency, or make it a leader in government technology. In the age of AI, the right path is obvious.

As part of the ongoing backlash against “Big Tech,” policymakers from both sides of the aisle and various stakeholders have raised a host of issues with social media ranging from potential harm to children to the alleged death of democracy.

DeepSeek’s breakthrough is a wake-up call that China’s AI capabilities are advancing faster than Western conventional wisdom has acknowledged.

Analysis of Finnish wage data showed that after workers were exposed to generative AI, salaries increased by €78 per month on average across all occupations, the equivalent of 2 percent of the average salary in Finland.

The bill’s heavy-handed approach risks creating more problems than it solves, prioritizing bureaucratic hurdles over meaningful progress in fairness and accountability.

Rob Atkinson appeared on the POLITICO Tech podcast to discuss President Trump's initial executive orders aimed at the tech sector and why the industry should still have its guard up.

President Biden’s parting condemnation of what he called the “tech-industrial complex” underscored how deeply entrenched demonization of the tech industry has become among policymakers—a stance they must change to ensure America remains globally competitive.