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Privacy legislation can help mitigate important risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and provide a baseline for some of the applications of AI most likely to have an impact on individuals, writes @Cam_Kerry.
Read his full piece: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-privacy-legislation-can-help-address-ai/
Why did it feel like the intelligence agencies were caught off guard on Jan. 6?
FBI leadership told Congress repeatedly that the bureau couldn’t have anticipated the Jan. 6 attack. Molly Reynolds and Quinta Jurecic argue that a new Senate report suggests otherwise: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-new-senate-report-undermines-fbi-excuses-about-jan.-6
We are pleased to announce the next Brookings president, Cecilia Rouse! Dr. Rouse joins us from Princeton University and previously served in the White House as the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. We look forward to welcoming her to the institution in January 2024.
Learn more about her appointment: https://www.brookings.edu/news/brookings-institution-announces-dr-cecilia-rouse-as-president/
We’ve got a new digital home! The revamped brookings.edu makes it easier than ever to find the resources you need for the policy issues you care about.
Please bear with us as we settle in and let us know if you face issues with the new site.
What just happened in Russia this weekend and where do we go from here? Constanze Stelzenmüller, Angela Stent, and Michael O’Hanlon joined Susan Glasser in conversation about this on Twitter Spaces earlier today.
Catch up on the discussion here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNGaNWXwwgJj
Yesterday, more details emerged on the latest Trump indictment, and Special Counsel Jack Smith gave rare public remarks to provide more context around the case. Scott R. Anderson and co-authors break down the charges, potential penalties, and what happens next.
Read the full piece on Lawfare: https://www.lawfareblog.com/united-states-america-v-donald-j-trump-and-waltine-nauta
3 years after the declaration of the COVID public health emergency in the United States, Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine take a look at aggregate birth counts over the course of the pandemic and put that in context with the long-term decline in U.S. births.
Read the piece: https://www.brookings.edu/2023/05/31/us-births-are-down-again-after-the-covid-baby-bust-and-rebound/
America’s federal disaster system is under significant stress from climate change and ongoing development in high-risk areas. Carlos Martín, Carolyn Kousky, Manann Donoghoe, and Karina French call for reforms and argue that equity, efficiency, effectiveness, and environmental value should be the guiding principles for policymakers.
“The CHIPS and Science Act establishes a compelling vision for U.S. innovation and place-based industrial policy, but that vision is already being hampered by tight funding. And now, the looming debt ceiling crisis is only going to make the situation worse.”
Read more from Matt Hourihan, Mark Muro, and Melissa Roberts Chapman on the implementation of the CHIPS Act: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2023/05/17/the-bold-vision-of-the-chips-and-science-act-isnt-getting-the-funding-it-needs/
On the whole, Americans don’t really understand how the debt ceiling issue could impact their daily lives. Contradictory and ambiguous polling reflects this, writes William Galston.
Read more: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2023/05/15/what-americans-think-about-the-debt-ceiling-fight/
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