A blueprint to restore the foundation for U.S. competitiveness by embarking on a new growth trajectory for federal research spending.
A proposed federal initiative would expand the emerging field of civic research as “R&D for state and local government.”
Establishing a National Manufacturing Foundation to restore critical industrial commons, ensuring what is invented here can be made here.
The next administration should establish a national initiative to accelerate the implementation of rigorous computer science education for preschool through 12th grade students in the United States.
Forging a more effective commercialization pipeline to enhance U.S. long-term economic competitiveness and innovation leadership.
Rethinking spectrum policy through a set of targeted reforms can maximize productive use of the radio spectrum.
A proposal for the federal government to help communities leverage smart-city technologies to help address social and economic challenges.
Just before Congress left for the holidays, the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment held a hearing examining ways to prepare for the future of work. This has become a hot topic this year, particularly as presidential candidate Andrew Yang has incorporated it into his platform and elevated it onto the national debate stage. The […]
The 2019 defense authorization act directed the Secretary of Defense to produce a definition of artificial intelligence (AI) by August 13, 2019 to help guide law and policy. But that was not done. Therefore “no official U.S. government definition of AI yet exists,” the Congressional Research Service observed in a newly updated report on the subject. But plenty […]
While many countries recognize freedom of speech as a fundamental value, every country also imposes some legal limits on free speech. A new report from the Law Library of Congress surveys the legal limitations on free expression in thirteen countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Germany, France, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as machine learning are already being used by the Department of Defense in operations in Iraq and Syria, and they have many potential uses in intelligence processing, military logistics, cyber defense, as well as autonomous weapon systems. The range of such applications for defense and intelligence is surveyed in a new […]
The field of artificial intelligence is habitually susceptible to exaggerated claims and expectations. But when it comes to new applications in health care, some of those claims may prove to be valid, says a new report from the JASON scientific advisory panel. “Overall, JASON finds that AI is beginning to play a growing role in […]