Reform, Don’t Ban, Wholesale Energy Pricing for Consumers
In February, Texas was hit with several severe winter storms in the course of 10 days, sending temperatures around the state plummeting. The cold weather pushed the state’s energy grid to collapse as...
View ArticleHow the American Innovation and Choice Online Act Would Impact Business Use...
The Senate Judiciary Committee has placed Senator Klobuchar’s (D-MN) antitrust legislation, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992), on its next business meeting agenda, which means it...
View ArticlePolicymakers Should Take Facebook’s Warning About Leaving Europe More Seriously
There were a flurry of articles this week falsely alleging that Meta is “threatening” to shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe. In response, European leaders indignantly responded “good riddance,”...
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And the Oscar for Best (And Worst) Tech Opinion Goes to…
From online privacy to misinformation to competition, tech policy issues are increasingly front-page news. As such, more and more people are thinking about these issues and sharing their views. While...
View ArticleBook Talk on “Human-Centered AI” with Ben Shneiderman
Join the Center for Data Innovation on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT for a conversation with Ben Shneiderman on his new book Human-Centered AI: Ensuring Human Control, Enhancing...
View Article5 Q’s with Shane Bigelow, CEO of CHAMP
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Shane Bigelow, CEO of CHAMP, a U.S. company that provides digital titles for vehicles. Bigelow discussed the benefits of digital title and registration...
View Article5 Q’s for Roei Ganzarski, CEO of Alitheon
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Roei Ganzarski, CEO of Alitheon, a U.S.-based company focused on authenticating, identifying, and tracing physical items, parts, and products using just a...
View Article5 Q’s for Lars Mahler, Chief Science Officer and Co-founder of LegalSifter
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Lars Mahler, chief science officer and co-founder of LegalSifter, a Pittsburgh-based company that combines human expertise with artificial intelligence (AI) to...
View ArticlePolicymakers Should Distinguish Between Data Protection and Data Protectionism
Policymakers are often mistakenly told that “data is the new oil.” Yes, like oil, data is a valuable input to the economy. But unlike oil, data is non-rivalrous—one party using data does not reduce the...
View Article5 Q’s for Mary Beth Westmoreland, VP of Brand Protection at Amazon
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Mary Beth Westmoreland, Vice President of Brand Protection at Amazon. She discussed how Amazon uses analytics and data to identify bad actors on its platform...
View Article5 Q’s With Ben Schmidt, Co-founder and CEO of RoadBotics
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Ben Schmidt, PhD, co-founder and CEO of RoadBotics, a Pittsburgh-based startup that transforms visual infrastructure data into meaningful maps using AI....
View ArticleBest Practices to Combat Online Sale of Counterfeits in the EU and US
E-commerce has significantly improved the way consumers buy goods, allowing for more choice and convenience, but bad actors can exploit online marketplaces—e-commerce platforms that allow for...
View ArticleEU Data Protection Authorities Should Affirm That Delivering Personalized Ads...
TikTok recently announced that it was “pausing” planned changes to its privacy policy that would allow the popular video sharing platform to show targeted ads to users in Europe without first asking...
View ArticleState Policymakers Should Change Their Rules to Support the Development of...
States’ professional rules of conduct for the legal industry have effectively frustrated the creation of tech-enabled legal services. States restrict the practice of law to licensed attorneys and...
View ArticleThe EU Should Establish Safeguards for Business-To-Government Data Sharing in...
Last month, the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union proposed another compromise text to the Data Act—the EU’s proposed legislative framework targeting the use of data from connected...
View ArticleHow Policymakers Can Thwart the Rise of Fake Reviews
As businesses compete for customers in the digital economy, some use deceptive tactics to manipulate consumer reviews about their goods or services, or those of their competitors, including by posting...
View ArticleBook Talk on “The Equality Machine” with Orly Lobel
The Center for Data Innovation will host a conversation with Orly Lobel on her new book The Equality Machine. Date and Time: November 8, 2022, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EDT) Speakers: Orly Lobel,...
View ArticleConcern Trolling Is Taking Over Tech Policy
Technology critics often like to point out that they are big supporter of technology—at least in theory. They love technological innovation, they insist, but they do have a few concerns, such as about...
View ArticlePolicymakers Should Understand That Text-to-Image Generation Art Is a Work in...
In late August, a man won first place in a state art competition for a piece he created using a text-to-image generator that uses artificial intelligence (AI), reigniting debates not only on who should...
View ArticleDC’s Proposed “Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act” Would Discriminate...
The D.C. Council discussed the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act at a hearing this week, legislation that D.C. attorney general Karl Racine unveiled last December to prohibit organizations from...
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