Who Is Winning the AI Race: China, the EU, or the United States? — 2021 Update
The nations that lead in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the future of the technology and significantly improve their economic competitiveness, while those that fall...
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EU Drops Behind in the Global AI Race as China Challenges U.S. Lead, New...
WASHINGTON—The European Union is faltering in the international race for leadership in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report released today by the Center...
View ArticleComments to the CFPB on Consumer Access to Financial Records
The Center for Data Innovation has filed comments with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) on developing regulations to implement section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street...
View ArticleFeedback on the Data Governance Act
On November 25, 2020, the European Commission released the Data Governance Act (DGA) one of its first measures to support the European strategy for data. The DGA aims to foster data sharing by...
View ArticleBiden Creates Road Map for Equitable State and Local Data
On his first day in office, President Biden issued a flurry of administrative actions to reverse a number of President Trump’s policies and address the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. One of these...
View ArticlePolicymakers Should Make Room for Sidewalk Delivery Robots
The use of robots from companies like Starship Technologies for last-mile deliveries skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and legislators would do well to make them easier to deploy on city...
View ArticleEuropean AI Policy Conference Report – 2020
The Center for Data Innovation hosted the “European AI Policy Conference: Trends in Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation” as an online event on December 1, 2020. This report provides an overview of...
View ArticleThe Pandemic Reveals Some of the Noxious Side Effects of the GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), hailed by many EU policymakers since its inception as the global “gold standard” for data protection, has come under renewed scrutiny recently as its...
View Article5 Q’s for Dagan Xavier, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Label Insight
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Dagan Xavier, co-founder and chief product officer of Label Insight, a Chicago-based company that provides product data for consumer packaged goods. Xavier...
View ArticleMandatory Seller Verification Law Wrong Move to Improve Integrity of Online...
Criminals and fraudsters use online marketplaces—platforms like Amazon, eBay, and Etsy that aggregate products from multiple third-party sellers—to sell stolen, defective, and counterfeit goods under a...
View ArticleHow Biden Can Build on Obama and Trump’s Bipartisan Open Data Legacy
On President Obama’s first day in office, he issued a memorandum on transparency and open government declaring that “information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset” and committing...
View Article5 Q’s for Blake Hall, Founder and CEO of ID.me
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Blake Hall, founder and CEO of ID.me, a company based out of McLean, Virginia that provides online identity verification services. Hall discussed how verified...
View ArticleBanning Cashless Establishments Wrong Move to Help Unbanked Americans
This week Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) introduced the Preserving Cash for Transit Access Act, legislation that would require transit agencies that receive federal funding to accept cash at each station...
View Article5 Q’s for Emil Syundyukov, Chief Technical Officer of Longenesis
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Emil Syundyukov, chief technical officer of Longenesis, a startup headquartered in Latvia that helps biomedical institutions, patient organizations, and...
View ArticleBook Talk on “Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto” with Julia Lane
Join the Center for Data Innovation on Friday, October 2, 2020 at 12:00 PM EDT for a conversation with Julia Lane on her new book Democratizing Our Data: A Manifesto. The book argues that public data...
View ArticleAntitrust Regulators Should Not Fear “Big AI”
Antitrust is a hot topic these days, especially in tech policy circles, and many antitrust authorities are increasingly flexing their regulatory muscles. Not surprisingly, this increased activity has...
View ArticleIncreasing the Minimum Wage Will Help the United States Compete with China on AI
There are growing calls to raise the minimum wage in the United States. While most arguments favor an increase to help workers, missing from the debate is that raising the minimum wage would also...
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