On April 16, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report on the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model with findings from the committee’s investigation into DeepSeek.
The report...more
4/25/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Export Controls ,
New Legislation ,
NVIDIA ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 1, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) launched a Section 232 investigation into the national security of semiconductor imports. On April 16, Commerce published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public...more
4/21/2025
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Biden Administration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Fraud ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On April 7, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released two memoranda on revised policies for the federal government’s acquisition and adoption of AI, pursuant to President Trump’s January AI Executive...more
4/14/2025
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Coal Industry ,
Data Centers ,
Energy Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
New Guidance ,
OMB ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On March 27, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division submitted a Statement of Interest (SOI) in a pricing algorithm case, in which it continues to argue that the use of third-party algorithmic price devices may...more
4/7/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Collusion ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Hotels ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Price-Fixing ,
Sherman Act ,
Software ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On March 18, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled that an AI model cannot be the author of copyrighted material under existing copyright law. The court affirmed the US Copyright Office’s long-standing human...more
3/31/2025
/ Algorithms ,
Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Machine Learning ,
NIST ,
Popular ,
The Copyright Act
The emergence of DeepSeek has complicated the outlook for the amount of investment necessary in data centers and electricity generation for AI advancements. Against that backdrop, on March 5, the House Committee on Energy and...more
3/10/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Clean Energy ,
Data Centers ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
On February 12, the Senate unanimously passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery. The bill is now in the House, where it has bipartisan support and is expected to...more
On February 11, Vice President JD Vance delivered remarks to world leaders, policymakers, and technology executives at the AI Action Summit in Paris, France. His speech provided a public look into how the Trump administration...more
On February 6, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public comments on the development of the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan. President...more
The breakthrough of the Chinese company DeepSeek’s AI model, which rivals leading US AI models but costs a fraction to develop, changes the equation for the Trump administration and calls into question its initial inclination...more
In his first week in office, President Trump took three significant actions on AI that lay the foundation for a new deregulatory approach to AI at the federal level.
On Inauguration Day, Trump repealed President Biden’s...more
1/27/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Due Diligence ,
Executive Orders ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
President Biden’s final week in office included three AI actions — a new rule on chip and AI model export controls, an executive order on AI infrastructure and data centers, and an executive order on cybersecurity.
On...more
1/20/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Centers ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Final Rules ,
National Security ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Technology Sector
The FTC staff recently published a blog post outlining four factors for companies to consider when developing or deploying AI products to avoid running afoul of the nation’s consumer protection laws.
The blog post does...more
1/13/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Child Abuse ,
Child Pornography ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Deep Fake ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation
The end of December, especially before a change in administration and a new Congress in January, is a slow time in Washington, DC, but this week, we highlight the few recent AI developments that have come out of our nation’s...more
On December 18, Congress passed the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a number of AI provisions. The NDAA is expected to be signed into law by President Biden.
The NDAA includes the first –...more
On December 5, incoming President Donald Trump announced that David Sacks would be the “AI and Crypto Czar” under the next administration.
A prominent venture capitalist, member of the “PayPal Mafia,” and co-founder of an...more
12/13/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Deregulation ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Nominations ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Trump Administration
On November 19, the Senate Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security convened a hearing on “Protecting Consumers from Artificial Intelligence Enabled Fraud and Scams.”
The...more
11/25/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Security ,
Deep Fake ,
Enforcement ,
Expert Testimony ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fraud ,
Individual Accountability ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Scams
Donald Trump’s election to a second term as president means that Trump will help shape the future of AI at a pivotal moment when AI continues to advance rapidly and the next administration’s policies will affect the future...more
11/15/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
Deregulation ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Free Speech ,
Innovation ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Mitigation
Following a hotly contested election, Donald Trump is once again the president-elect and will return to the White House on January 20, 2025. He will do so with a dominant electoral college win, potentially a win of the...more
11/11/2024
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Blockchain ,
Canada ,
Chevron Deference ,
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Assets ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Estate Tax ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Imports ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Infrastructure ,
International Trade ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
NAFTA ,
Paris Agreement ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Popular ,
Presidential Elections ,
SALT ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Social Security ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
President Biden’s Executive Order on AI (AI EO), issued on October 30, 2023, directed various agencies to take certain actions within one year of the AI EO’s issuance. On October 24, 2024, the White House announced that...more
11/8/2024
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright Office ,
Data Storage ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Infrastructure ,
National Security ,
OMB ,
Research and Development
On October 24, the Biden administration issued the first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI. Pursuant to the Biden administration’s Executive Order on AI, the NSM outlines concrete actions for federal agencies to...more
On September 24, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memorandum on Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government.
The new memorandum builds on OMB’s March 2024 memorandum...more
On October 9, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division convened the heads of federal agency civil rights offices to discuss and promote coordination around preventing harms that may stem from AI, including...more
10/17/2024
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Audits ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equity ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Machine Learning ,
Social Media ,
Whistleblowers
On October 3 and 4, the competition authorities of the G7, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division, participated in a summit on AI competition challenges.
The...more
10/14/2024
/ Antitrust Division ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Copyright ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
G7 ,
Innovation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Transparency ,
UK
On September 25, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced five enforcement actions against companies that allegedly used AI to further deceptive or unfair conduct.
The actions are part of the FTC’s Operation AI...more
10/4/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Automation Systems ,
E-Commerce ,
Enforcement ,
Fake Reviews ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Machine Learning ,
Testimonial Statements ,
Training ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices