Data Innovation

A productive approach to emerging workplace technologies would focus on two overarching goals: 1) accelerating development, testing, and adoption, and 2) supporting positive uses of the technology while mitigating negative ones.

The UK’s refusal to formally designate China as a national security threat has undermined its ability to prosecute espionage, leaving its technology and innovation sectors vulnerable to Chinese infiltration and economic coercion.

Watch now for an expert panel discussion on the role of Chinese e-commerce platforms in facilitating counterfeiting, what this means for U.S. competitiveness, consumer trust, and global trade, and the steps policymakers should take to safeguard American innovators and consumers.

The UK Online Safety Act aims to protect children online but its vague rules and strict enforcement have led to over-censorship, threatening legitimate communities, and Parliament should clarify content definitions, allow remediation periods, and require judicial review to fix these issues.

California’s new AI safety law includes some constructive measures like incident reporting and whistleblower protections, but by acting at the state level, it creates a fragmented regulatory patchwork that undermines innovation, complicates a national framework, and risks weakening U.S. leadership in AI governance.

California’s proposed SB 7 would heavily restrict employers’ use of AI in workplace decisions through onerous notice, transparency, and appeal requirements, creating redundant regulations that discourage beneficial AI adoption and ultimately harm both workers and businesses.

The European Commission’s 2025 Strategic Foresight Report misframes the U.S. as a rival on par with China, risking transatlantic unity and protectionist policies that weaken Europe while leaving China free to dominate critical technologies.

European consumers report a decline in online experiences since the Digital Markets Act took effect, as regulatory restrictions on platform integration and data use have reduced functionality, slowed searches, and fragmented services across maps, travel, jobs, and more.

Lawmakers in Montana, New Hampshire, and Idaho are advancing “right to compute” laws to protect individuals and businesses from limits on their ability to use computational tools and AI systems.

The idea that nations can invoke “AI sovereignty” to draw on U.S. technology when convenient, while walling off their markets, is not a bargain U.S. policymakers should entertain.