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US AI policy swung from Executive Order 14110 to its 2025 revocation; in the gap, states are legislating deepfakes, hiring algorithms and AI companions while the FTC pursues enforcement — tracked daily.
How rationale and process transparency shape perceived legitimacy in AI-assisted decisions: Experimental evidence from China and the United States
Publication date: June 2026 Source: Government Information Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 2 Author(s): Shangrui Wang, Yuanmeng Zhang, Zhenming Huang, Zheng Liang
Towards advancing policy implementation in open science: Insights from U.S. federal agencies on equitable public access
Publication date: June 2026 Source: Government Information Quarterly, Volume 43, Issue 2 Author(s): Jwan Khisro, Katrina Fenlon
Regulating mobile advertising in the European Union and the United States
Publication date: 2008 Source: Computer Law & Security Report, Volume 24, Issue 5 Author(s): Evelyne Beatrix Cleff
Artificial intelligence exposure and labor market transformations in Latin America
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 230 Author(s): Pablo Egana-delSol, Claudio Bravo-Ortega
How technological progress in robotics, AI, and IT/ICT/IoT reshapes employment: A robust analysis for the United States
Publication date: September 2026 Source: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 230 Author(s): Amir Khakbaz, Behnam Malmir
Business model innovation pathways: Digital transformation after disruption at The New York Times and The Washington Post
Publication date: October 2026 Source: Research Policy, Volume 55, Issue 8 Author(s): Paolo Aversa, Alessio Cozzolino, Amy Basil
At cross purposes? Housing markets and innovation in American Political Economy
Publication date: October 2026 Source: Research Policy, Volume 55, Issue 8 Author(s): James D.G. Wood
WAITI 2026 : 3rd Workshop on AI for Cyber Threat Intelligence @ ACSAC 2026
3rd Workshop on AI for Cyber Threat Intelligence @ ACSAC 2026 [Los Angeles, California, USA] [Dec 7, 2026 - Dec 7, 2026]
NSEA 2026 : National Symposium on Effective & Ethical AI
National Symposium on Effective & Ethical AI [Morgan State Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA ] [Jul 25, 2026 - Jul 26, 2026]
SUPA 2025 : Societal & User-Centered Privacy in AI (SUPA) Workshop
Societal & User-Centered Privacy in AI (SUPA) Workshop [Seattle, WA, USA] [Aug 10, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025]
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (virtually) at the Policy-Relevant Privacy Research Workshop in Calgary, Canada, on Monday, July 20, 2026. I’m speaking at Boston Leadership Exchange in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. I’m speaking at Cognitive Security Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The conference runs August 6-7, 2026; my speaking time is TBD. I’m speaking at DEF CON 34 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The conventions runs
New York Enacts Nation’s First Statewide Moratorium on Data Centers
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order pausing the construction of the largest data centers for one year while the state assesses their effects on the environment and energy use.
Washington gerontocracy meets its receipt-check moment: ‘I think we need some transparency’
McConnell's hospitalization, Trump's health opacity, and now a senator's sudden death are forcing a GOP reckoning.
New York State halts construction of all new data centers
New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldn’t come at the expense of higher electricity costs, water supplies, or local control.
New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
New York’s data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
Exclusive: Delaware proposes testing the AIC, a new legal entity for agents in a regulatory sandbox
AI agents are already doing business. Delaware is moving to bring them inside a predictable American legal order, just like the LLC and PBC.
New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters
Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order enacting a moratorium on the large, resource-intensive AI facilities New York became the first US state to enact a moratorium on new datacenters on Tuesday. Governor Kathy Hochul issued an executive order mandating a one-year statewide pause on the large facilities used to power artificial intelligence products. Continue reading...
Can Ethnic Studies Bridge the Achievement Gap? San Francisco Program Shows Gains
San Francisco high school students, particularly those with high needs, enrolled in ethnic study courses achieved higher GPAs, stronger academic gains in math and science, and failed fewer courses, according to a new report. A new study from the universities of Pennsylvania and California analyzed a longstanding San Francisco Unified School District ethnic studies program, […]
Medical AI was meant to help. This week it replaced nurses and dodged its own checks
The pitch for medical AI is that it frees clinicians to care for patients. Two stories this week suggest the reality can run the other way. In New York, nurses say software replaced them. In Minnesota, a former Mayo Clinic leader says the software was not safe to trust. Marilyn Shuler spent 39 years reading […] This story continues at The Next Web
Pasqal’s SPAC filings reveal a $2bn French quantum bet, and a French kill switch
France’s Pasqal is heading to Nasdaq at a $2bn valuation, roughly 100 times its revenue. Its own filings spell out two things. Quantum computing might never pay off. And Paris can veto who owns the company. Pasqal, the French quantum-computing firm, is going public in the United States. It is merging with a blank-cheque company, […] This story continues at The Next Web
Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment
PM to declare Australia the first country worldwide to bring economic, social, security and environmental issues from AI under single office in major speech Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese says the federal government will introduce faster approval processes for AI projects, including datacentres, across Australia, seeking to shore up investor certainty and maintain community confidence in the rapidly advancing technology . Announcing the creation of
Opinion: America’s Public Schools Are Pushing 50. It’s Time To Act Like It
The average public school building in America is now 49 years old. In more than half of U.S. school districts, those buildings require significant repairs or full replacement. Too many students are trying to prepare for a 21st-century economy in facilities that are no longer capable of supporting a 21st-century education. If communities continue treating […]
FTC Endorses Ohio Supreme Court Proposal to Weaken ABA’s Law School Accreditation Monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission lauded an Ohio Supreme Court proposal to lower the cost of legal representation by ending the American Bar Association’s explicit control over whether an Ohio bar applicant’s legal education is sufficient for practicing law in the state, undermining its monopoly. View Press Release
FTC Secures Major Settlement with Caremark, Resolving Antitrust Case Against Second Drug Middleman
Settlement will drive down patients’ out-of-pocket costs, increase transparency and ensure community pharmacies are treated fairly The Federal Trade Commission secured a settlement agreement with one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and its affiliated entities, marking yet another important victory in the Commission’s fight to lower healthcare costs for Americans. View Press Release
New York enacts first US ban on data center construction
New York has become the first US state to place a moratorium on the construction of data centers.
Environmental Liabilities: Coast Guard Should Give Congress More Information on Millions of Dollars in Potential Costs
What GAO Found As of September 2025, the Coast Guard reported about $448 million in environmental liabilities related to its shore infrastructure. This includes about $228 million for structures, like housing, presumed to be contaminated with asbestos-containing material or lead-based paint based on their age. It also includes about $220 million in cleanup projects at sites with a known or suspected release of contaminants. Several factors create uncertainty that could potentially lead to hundre
New York won’t build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risks
New York will block new large data centers that fuel artificial intelligence for up to a year to protect the environment and energy grid. Gov.
This renewable energy source is actually terrible for the planet
The modern soybean is one of the world’s miracle technologies, capable of cheaply, efficiently, and healthfully supplying protein and other nutrients to billions of people. But, unfortunately, we’ve mostly chosen to squander it on the most destructive purposes possible. Soy is America’s second most widely cultivated crop, occupying a land area equivalent to more than […]
New York Data Center Moratorium is Bad for the State and America
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) has implemented a one-year ban on new large data center projects. The state’s data center moratorium will have profoundly deleterious consequences, including lost investment ...
New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium
New hyperscale data centers can't set up shop in New York for up to a year now that Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has signed the nation's first statewide moratorium. But a bill passed by the state legislature that could restrict even more developments still awaits her signature. The order blocks new environmental permits for data […]
New York imposes first-in-the-nation statewide freeze on 'hyperscale' data centers
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give the state time to put together a framework to protect the environment, the energy grid and New Yorkers’ electric bills, her office said. Hochul...
US military smartphones targeted through roaming and ad tech
Cyber attacks tried to track down American personnel in Middle East as Tehran attacked forces in the region
FPGA Meets Breadboard: Integrating a Virtual Breadboard with Real FPGA Boards for Remote Access in Digital Design Courses
arXiv:2607.10895v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: With the transition to remote instruction, new modalities for conducting hands-on labs are needed. In particular, courses that entail major hardware components faced challenges in making the hardware available for students in a reliable and sustainable way. This paper presents our experience in implementing a virtual breadboard feature to interface with real Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) boards located on the University of Washington's cam
Digital Engagement, Income Disparities, and Job Seeking in the United States since 2010
arXiv:2511.05294v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Surveys often record how frequently people use the internet without measuring the infrastructures, skills, and support systems that make digital participation possible. Using the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 cohort, we study how internet-use frequency relates to labor income, employment attachment, and job seeking after 2010. The main digital-engagement analysis uses the comparable 2011, 2013, and 2015 waves, with 2017 retain
Financial Data Privacy in the 119th Congress
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 119th Congress
Japan’s Evolving Defense Policy and the U.S.Japan Alliance
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Chemical Manufacturing Security
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. The United States relies on a strong chemical manufacturing sector to support industries like energy, national defense, agriculture, and health care. These facilities produce essential inputs for critical infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, medical sterilization, semiconductors, and national defense systems. Maintaining a robust domestic chemical […] The post Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote America
States Tell FCC to Leave Pole Attachment Authority Intact
Utility regulators in Washington, Ohio, and Connecticut call FCC’s proposed recertification unnecessary.
Washington Is Looking to Keep China From Training Its AI on US Models
CSET’s Colin Shea-Blymyer shared his expert insight in an article published by Bloomberg. The article examines growing concerns in Washington over the use of "distillation" by Chinese AI companies to train models using outputs from leading US systems, and the resulting debate over intellectual property, competition, and national security in the global AI race. The post Washington Is Looking to Keep China From Training Its AI on US Models appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technol