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January 17, 2025|Publications
TikTok Decision Won’t Solve the Real Issue: A One-Sided Digital Playing Field, Says ITIF
In response to the Supreme Court decision today in TikTok, Inc. v. Garland to uphold the law that would ban TikTok, ITIF released the following statement from Vice President Daniel Castro.
January 13, 2025|Publications
UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan Offers a Promising Pathway for Future UK AI Leadership, Says Center for Data Innovation
In response to the release of the highly anticipated UK AI Opportunities Action Plan, the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement from Ayesha Bhatti, Head of Digital Policy, UK & EU.
January 13, 2025|Publications
AI Diffusion Rule Threatens US Leadership, Warns ITIF
In response to the Biden administration’s Bureau of Industry and Security releasing an Interim Final Rule establishing an “Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion,” ITIF released the following statement from Vice President Daniel Castro.
January 9, 2025|Publications
TikTok is Not a Threat to American Users, But the TikTok Ban Is, Says ITIF
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments for TikTok v. Garland, ITIF issued the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Ash Johnson.
January 6, 2025|Publications
Trudeau’s Resignation Opens Door for Canada to Prioritize Innovation, Productivity, and Competitiveness, Says ITIF
Following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's announcement of his resignation as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, ITIF released the following statement from Robert D. Atkinson, president of ITIF, and Lawrence Zhang, head of policy at ITIF’s Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness.
January 2, 2025|Publications
Title II Ruling Clears Path for Smarter Broadband Policies, Says ITIF
ITIF hails the Sixth Circuit's rejection of Title II as a decisive win for innovation and urges the FCC to focus on consumer-first broadband policies.
December 17, 2024|Publications
House AI Report Lays the Foundation for a Clear, Credible U.S. Vision on AI Governance
Following the release of the Bipartisan House AI Task Force’s final report on how lawmakers should address AI, the Center for Data Innovation issued the following statement from Director Daniel Castro.
December 16, 2024|Publications
Statement on Enhancing International Collaboration on Open-Source AI Safety
The Center for Data Innovation joined global experts in Beijing to develop a statement advancing AI safety through transparency, collaboration, and reliable evaluation.
December 11, 2024|Publications
New Legislation Could Help Position US as Global Leader in Immersive Technology, Says ITIF
In response to the introduction of the United States Leadership in Immersive Technology Act, ITIF released the following statement from Policy Analyst Alex Ambrose
December 11, 2024|Publications
Center for Data Innovation Welcomes Trump’s Announcement of an AI Czar
Following the announcement that President-elect Trump will appoint David Sacks as the White House AI and crypto czar, Daniel Castro, director of ITIF’s Center for Data Innovation, released the following statement.
News Clips
November 15, 2024|Publications
Street-Smart Cities: Balancing Innovation with Privacy and Security
Telecom Review cited research by ITIF on how smart city leaders can balance societal benefits with privacy concerns, noting that proper data security in smart cities begins with securing IoT devices, which function as the 'nervous system' of the smart city.
November 13, 2024|Publications
Intel Is Far From Becoming the American Chipmaking Powerhouse the US Needs
Speaking to Business Insider, Stephen Ezell commented that Intel becoming a globally competitive US chip manufacturer is "imperative for the US economy and national security," because America needs to secure its domestic supply chains of the chips that power items like iPhones, washing machines, and military equipment.
November 7, 2024|Publications
Trump Inc.: How a Second Administration Could Rewrite the Way America Does Business
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Castro noted that doing away with the Biden administration's executive order on AI could cut red tape and speed up product launches. On the other hand, it could make things harder for enterprises, who would have to take on the onus of investigating AI model safety.
November 1, 2024|Publications
Lessons From the Big Tech Breakup That Never Happened
Joe Coniglio spoke to Marketplace for a story about parallels between the Justice Department's current case against Google and its past effort to break up Microsoft. In the real world, innovation sometimes requires massive scale, Coniglio noted.
October 29, 2024|Publications
Biden’s AI National Security Memo Calls for Heavy Lift
Daniel Castro commented to CQ Roll Call that if Former President Donald Trump wins reelection, “they would just pull the plug” on the Biden administration's executive order on AI and national security, and go their own way.
October 21, 2024|Publications
Crises at Boeing and Intel Are a National Emergency
The Wall Street Journal quoted Rob Atkinson in an article about the potential geopolitical consequences of America’s manufacturing decline.
October 17, 2024|Publications
America’s Chipmaking Push Will Continue No Matter Who Gets Elected
Business Insider interviewed Stephen Ezell about U.S. efforts to produce semiconductors. “A Harris administration would probably be more likely to advance a CHIPS Act 2.0, just given the Democratic Party's general endorsement of industrial policy and willingness to invest significant sums to support industrial policy,” said Ezell. “A Trump administration would probably not be opposed to a CHIPS Act 2.0, but it would probably be less likely to instigate one.”
October 16, 2024|Publications
We Must Win The Race For Global Biotech Innovation
A column in Forbes cited ITIF research on Chinese innovation in the biopharma industry.
October 16, 2024|Publications
Where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Stand on the Issues That Matter Most to Scientists
Science interviewed ITIF President Rob Atkinson for an analysis of “the stakes for science” in the 2024 election.
October 4, 2024|Publications
Dockworkers for Economic Stagnation
Interviewing ITIF President Rob Atkinson about the East Coast dockworkers' strike, Rich Lowry notes in the National Review that we might think we live in a time of revolutionary technological change, but we aren’t seeing big productivity gains, because much of our new technology has been poured into the consumer market—smartphones, social media, online retail, and the like.