Liberty
AI doomsayer wants help from ‘super-woke globalists’
Thomas Barrabi writes for the New York Post about the clamor for new action to control artificial intelligence. Worried what AI will do to the world? Don’t fret — we…
OpenAI
American artificial intelligence research organization
Liberty
Top Dems use same talking points about AI
Brianna Lyman writes for the Federalist about Democrats’ coordinated approach toward artificial intelligence concerns. Democrats’ newest existential threat has arrived and, amazingly, all of the party’s leading figures seemingly discovered…
Liberty
National Review targets ‘AI doomerism’
Editors at National Review Online explore current criticism of artificial intelligence. All of a sudden, all the AI mavens are aligned. Sam Altman, head of OpenAI, said this week that…
Liberty
Pushing back against the anti-data center campaign
Michael Rosen ponders the impact of the fight against new American data centers. It’s no surprise that politicians and activists on the Left vigorously oppose data centers, the massive, low-slung…
Liberty
America’s chances of remaining world AI ‘superpower’
Hal Brands explores the prospects for maintaining America’s artificial intelligence dominance. “The future of American warfare is here, and it’s spelled AI,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared in early December.…
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Sanders wants to confiscate assets from large AI firms
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about socialist US Sen. Bernie Sanders’ latest bad idea. Senator Bernie Sanders, the socialist from Vermont who with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and…
Liberty
Assessing AI’s impact on productivity growth
Michael Strain explores one of the most important impacts of artificial intelligence. Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, economists and commentators have been discussing generative AI’s…
Research Brief
Energy
Powering data centers needs less bureaucracy, more freedom
After years of steady electricity demand, the steep rise in artificial intelligence (AI), data centers, and certain other power-hungry industrial customers poses distinct problems for power grids as currently regulated.…
Locke/SPN Amicus Defends Anonymous Association Rights in Buckeye Institute v. IRS
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation has joined the State Policy Network (SPN) in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in The…
Liberty
Popular AI relies on Al Jazeera for info about Israel, Gaza
Alana Goodman writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a disturbing fact involving artificial intelligence. Al Jazeera, the virulently anti-Israel news outlet controlled by Qatar, is one of the two…
Freedom Focus
Elections & Public Integrity
Standing up for free speech, against forced disclosure of donors
At the John Locke Foundation, we believe that the government’s first duty is to protect freedom, not trample on it. That’s why the case of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers…
Donor Privacy Secured as Lawmakers Override Veto of “Personal Privacy Protection Act”
RALEIGH – The John Locke Foundation applauds the North Carolina General Assembly for its critical vote to override Governor Stein’s veto of the Personal Privacy Protection Act (Senate Bill 416),…