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Pelican Institute Releases AI Toolkit
New questions surrounding artificial intelligence emerge daily: What is AI? Should states be [...]
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Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government
In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” [...]
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Louisiana’s Comeback Agenda
It’s time to write Louisiana’s comeback story. For too long, poor public policy decisions have [...]
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Regulatory Sandboxes: Where Innovation Happens
Regulatory sandboxes are a novel way to govern innovative companies, allowing them to test their [...]
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Tech Policy Toolkit
The technology sector is playing an increasing role in our day-to-day lives as consumers, and it’s [...]
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REPORT: The State of Broadband in Louisiana and Mississippi
As COVID-19 continues to affect much of the world, people’s daily activities have shifted online. [...]
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Drones in Louisiana: Helping the Pelican State Take Flight
The Louisiana economy is struggling, with 155,000 missing jobs in the state since the start of 2020 [...]
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[REPORT] Medicine in a Digital World
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many paradigms of daily life. While the necessary adjustments [...]
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Sandboxes will Bring Innovation to Louisiana
Sandboxes are alternative regulatory frameworks for companies with innovative products or business [...]
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The State of AI
Stanford University’s annual AI Index Report provides a helpful gauge for the state of artificial [...]
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Fear and Loathing on the Jon Stewart Show
What began in 2021 as part of an infrastructure bill is now a glaring signifier of bureaucracy, red [...]
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Let the Loss be a Lesson
Age verification bills are popping up in legislatures around the country. While the stated purpose [...]
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In Everything, Moderation, Including Moderation: the Balance of Section 230
Since 1996, Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act has put in its 10,000 hours (and [...]
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State Legislation on AI: How a Courageous Governor’s Veto Averted Regulatory Crisis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing rapidly and powering solutions previously unimaginable. [...]
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A Bad Bill to Die On: Options Beyond Restrictive Legislation
When the new Trump administration repealed a restrictive Biden era executive order on artificial [...]
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When One Adult Site Closes, Another Opens: Data Shows that People are Working Around Age Verification Laws
We’ve written about the privacy risks, First Amendment threats, the cost to tax-payers, and [...]
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AI in the Bayou
Mardi Gras season has been well underway in the Pelican State and much of what we have to offer has [...]
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REMINDER: A Simple Text Can Improve Court Appearance and Efficiency
The justice process is not isolated to the courtroom. The pretrial period can be a fraught time for [...]
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The Patchwork that Won’t Work
Drop a pin anywhere on the map and it’s likely you’ll find a state with efforts to regulate [...]
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The French Leave (Overzealous Regulation Behind)
Last week, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit gathered in Paris, France to discuss the [...]
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Splitting the Bill: The Bottom Line of Age Verification Legislation
Last year marked an influx of legislation aimed at limiting children’s access to the internet and [...]
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Super Bowl AI
This week marks the 59th Super Bowl, a showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia [...]
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Protecting Youth on Social Media: It Starts at Home!
The conversations around keeping kids safe online involve a lot of nuance. While everyone wants to [...]
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TikTok, AI, and Data Centers, Oh My: A Whirlwind First Week for the Trump Administration
There are many ways to describe the Trump administration—boring is not one of them. The new [...]
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