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Stronger transatlantic R&D partnerships are necessary to provide a counterweight to China’s ambitions with AI. However, both sides remain reluctant to allow their data to leave their borders despite recently announcing a new European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. To ensure maximum benefit from future datasets for training machine learning algorithms, both sides should work toward creating a data-sharing framework that allows data to flow across borders.

Copyright does not give governments censorship rights. Copyright exists to enable expression. It provides rightsholders with assurances and controls over their works, and rightsholders alone can enforce their copyrights.

ITIF’s study concludes that China’s innovation and advanced-industry output in 2020 was 139 percent of the equivalent output in the United States, up from 78 percent in 2010. On a proportional basis (accounting for the size of its economy, population, and other factors), China’s innovation output in 2020 was 75 percent of the U.S. equivalent, up from 58 percent in 2010.

ITIF analyzed data on lobbying expenditures, firm revenues, and mergers, and found that large firms lobby proportionally less than small firms, that mergers reduce lobbying expenditures, and that corporate spinoffs increase lobbying.

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) comes with a new set of safety concerns that require careful attention from policymakers.

ITIF proposes a 12-point plan for the Department of Justice (DOJ), state lawmakers, and local police departments to accelerate testing and deployment of police technologies to maximize their benefits for public safety while minimizing their risks.

Yes, the Chinese government’s potential interference is a real threat. But restricting TikTok in the United States would have little impact on national security or American online privacy and safety.

ITIF applauds the scientists and engineers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for their achievement of the first nuclear fusion reaction that resulted in a net energy gain.

All five economies are projected to incur significantly higher import prices, which will raise the cost of doing business and reduce trade. ITIF warns that policymakers need to shift course, or they will risk undermining their respective economies in the global race for digital development.

To better protect consumers from gift card fraud, the Center for Data Innovation calls on Congress and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to encourage better security and liability protections for gift cards, increase public awareness of gift card scams, and improve data collection on incidents of gift card fraud for law enforcement agencies.