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Policy Reports
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 [...]
Read moreTech 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 [...]
Read more[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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Star Power: Satellites in Space Boost Connectivity in Louisiana
Louisiana has attacked the digital divide with grit and efficiency. The state’s broadband office, [...]
Read moreAI in Medicine: More Than a Hypothetical
The average American is optimistic about how artificial intelligence (AI) can change healthcare. [...]
Read moreJust a Bill? Two Troubling Technology Bills Are Heating Up This Summer
As the temperatures rise, so too does a distinctly anti-innovation, anti-competition sentiment in [...]
Read moreFor the Children? Data Center Strengthens Local School District, Community
Richland Parish, Louisiana is not often the subject of national news. This month has been an [...]
Read moreReal Action on Artificial Intelligence
Last week, the White House released an Executive Order (EO) Promoting Advanced Artificial [...]
Read moreArtificial Intelligence Takes Hurricane Season by Storm
Hurricane season began this week, on June 1, and stretches through November 30th. For Louisiana, [...]
Read moreThe Data On Data Centers
Data centers have existed for years, with the first modern data storage and computing facility [...]
Read moreMissed Connections: How Louisiana is Avoiding them through Responsible Broadband Deployment
The federal Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) began in 2021 and has followed a [...]
Read moreArtificial Intelligence in Our State
Louisiana’s innovators are using artificial intelligence (AI) in groundbreaking ways to improve the [...]
Read moreHelp From Above: Can Drone Technology Protect Schools During Emergencies?
The safety of children has quickly become one of the highest values in technology policy debates. [...]
Read moreRules of the Road: Driverless Cars and Federal Frameworks
Self-driving cars took to New Orleans last year to learn the roads, pot holes, and all of the [...]
Read moreWorld Tour: Age Verification Edition
Attempts to age gate the internet and restrict social media use based on age checks are not [...]
Read moreBreaking the Cycle of Bad Regulation
In the book of Ecclesiastes, the author writes of the cyclical nature of human affairs. “What has [...]
Read moreRun the Numbers: What Can Data Tell Us About AI?
The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a testing ground for [...]
Read moreCourting Disaster: What Do New Social Media Rulings Mean for the Future of Free Speech and American Innovation?
Last week, juries in New Mexico and California reached verdicts against Meta and YouTube of $375 [...]
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