Comments to the Department of Commerce on Export Controls for Emerging...
The Center for Data Innovation has filed comments with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security regarding its proposed rulemaking about export controls for certain emerging...
View ArticleCongress Passes the OPEN Government Data Act in Major Win for Open Data
WASHINGTON—The Center for Data Innovation today commended Congress for passing of the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act, included as Title II of the Foundations for...
View ArticleHow Can Smaller Cities Join the Growing AI Economy?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to make a significant impact on the global economy, adding $15.7 trillion to the GDP by 2030. In pursuit of these economic benefits, many countries have developed...
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Survey: Few Americans Want Government to Limit Use of Facial Recognition...
Only one in four Americans (26 percent) think government should strictly limit the use of facial recognition technology, according to a new survey from the Center for Data Innovation—and that support...
View ArticleNational Survey Finds Few Americans Want Strict Limits on Facial Recognition...
WASHINGTON — Despite occasional media frenzies raising alarms about facial recognition technology—such as news that the Secret Service would test a system outside the White House—a new national survey...
View ArticleOPEN Government Data Act Signed into Law; Establishes U.S. as Leader in Open...
WASHINGTON—The Center for Data Innovation today applauded President Trump for signing into law the Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act, included as Title II of the...
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Survey: Few Americans Willing to Pay for Privacy
Only one in four Americans want online services such as Facebook and Google to collect less of their data if it means they would have to start paying a monthly subscription fee, according to a new...
View ArticleNational Survey Finds Few Americans Willing to Pay for Privacy
WASHINGTON — While many Americans say they would prefer online services to collect less of their personal data, a new national survey from the Center for Data Innovation finds that few Americans would...
View ArticleFrench GDPR Fine on Google Shows Failures of New Law
WASHINGTON— In response to the announcement that the French data protection authority, the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has fined Google 50 million euros for violating...
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Survey: Majority of Americans Willing to Share Their Most Sensitive Personal...
Most Americans (58 percent) are willing to allow third parties to collect at least some sensitive personal data, according to a new survey from the Center for Data Innovation. While many surveys...
View ArticleAmericans Willing to Share Sensitive Biometric, Location, and Medical Data...
WASHINGTON — When considering trade-offs between privacy and other benefits, most Americans would be willing to allow third parties to collect at least some sensitive personal data, according to a...
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Americans Support Musicians Like Taylor Swift Using Facial Recognition To...
According to a recent interview in Rolling Stone, the security team at venue for a Taylor Swift concert last year created a kiosk that took photos of people as they watched videos and then used facial...
View ArticleRecommendations to the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on AI on...
The Center for Data Innovation submitted feedback to the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on AI on its draft AI Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. The guidelines aim to provide...
View ArticleThe EU’s “Softball” Approach to Artificial Intelligence Will Lose to China’s...
The European Commission’s Joint Research Center released a report that explores the European perspective on artificial intelligence (AI), along with the global AI landscape’s state of play. The report...
View ArticleExecutive Order Will Help Ensure U.S. Leadership in AI
WASHINGTON—The Center for Data Innovation today welcomed the White House executive order launching the American AI Initiative. The Center issued the following statement from its director, Daniel...
View ArticleComments to the FTC on algorithms, AI, and predictive analytics
The Center for Data Innovation has responded to the request for comment from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about a recent hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century...
View ArticleThe US is Finally Moving Towards an AI Strategy
Many have called on Washington to develop a national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI). On Feb. 11, the Trump administration showed that it was listening. President Trump issued an executive...
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The U.S. May Lose the AI Race Because of An Unchecked Techno-Panic
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently declared: “We’re at the beginning of a golden age of AI. Recent advancements have already led to invention that previously lived in the realm of science fiction—and we’ve...
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Many Women Aren’t Sold On AI. That’s a Problem.
Last week, we released a survey that showed many Americans are not very optimistic about the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and discussed the implications that this might have on U.S....
View ArticleBad News, Europe: Consumers Do Not Want to Buy an “Ethical” Smart Toaster
The conventional wisdom among European policymakers is that the best way to compete against China and the United States in artificial intelligence (AI) is to differentiate European products by...
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