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As every sector of the global economy and nearly every facet of modern society undergo digital transformation, ITIF advocates for policies that spur not just the development of IT innovations, but more importantly their adoption and use throughout the economy. In the area of artificial intelligence, ITIF studies issues related to competitiveness, governance, ethics, development, and adoption.

Vice President and Director, Center for Data Innovation
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
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May 14, 2025|Presentations
Using AI to Focus Agenda and Priorities for the Fiscal Year
Eli Clemens speaks about how the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) can use AI to focus its mission at the CPSC's FY26/FY27 Priorities Hearing.
May 13, 2025|Events
How Americans Feel About AI—and Why It Matters for Policy
Join ITIF's Center for Data Innovation and Public First for a timely discussion of new polling data exploring how U.S. public sentiment toward AI is evolving. The conversation will unpack where Americans see promise or peril, how their views have shifted over the past year, and what these perspectives mean for lawmakers, business leaders, and the future of AI policy.
May 1, 2025|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles
Canada Should Harness Its AI Advantage, Not Squander It
In an era when AI is poised to improve everything from crop yields to cancer detection, Canada’s central priority should be accelerating AI adoption to enhance economic prosperity and quality of life, not erecting barriers to innovation through overly precautionary regulation.
May 1, 2025|Blogs
Countries Don’t Have to Build Their Own AI—Just Their Place in It
By prioritising the digitisation and availability of data that reflects this diversity, countries and communities stand a better chance of shaping AI in their own image, rather than submitting to someone else’s.
April 29, 2025|Testimonies & Filings
Testimony to the Alaska State Legislature Regarding AI, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, and Data Transfers
Advancements in AI are creating many opportunities to use the technology for beneficial purposes across virtually every sector, and people will undoubtedly find many useful applications for AI in elections and government agencies in the years ahead.
April 24, 2025|Presentations
AI × Business: How Generative AI Is Reshaping Industries
Sejin Kim speaks on how generative AI is unlocking new business models, why the U.S. ecosystem moves so quickly, and how Korea can position itself as a world-class builder of AI-native applications.
April 23, 2025|News Clips
Tech Industry Group Offers Pro-Growth AI Strategy for Canada, Leveraging Existing Rules
Inside AI Policy quoted Lawrence Zhang in coverage of ITIF’s pro-growth strategy for the Canadian tech industry.
April 22, 2025|Blogs
Unlocking the Promise of AI for the State Department
With the right infrastructure and vision, the United States can become a global leader in AI-enabled diplomacy. The State Department should seize this moment—not just to experiment with AI and increase organizational efficiency, but to embed AI at the core of how it conducts diplomacy in the 21st century.
April 17, 2025|Events
Is U.S. Policy Ready for Agentic AI?
Watch now for a panel discussion by ITIF's Center for Data Innovation on what the rise of agentic AI means for innovation, competition, and policy, how prepared the United States is to keep pace, and what policy shifts might be needed to ensure consumers and businesses can successfully develop and deploy AI agents.
April 16, 2025|Reports & Briefings
An IT Policy Playbook for Canada
The Canadian economy is shifting faster than its institutions are. This playbook lays out an agenda to address what Canada must fix, build, and scale in order to compete through technology.