The intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity has rapidly ascended to the top of the Washington policy agenda. Following the administration’s June 2, 2026, Executive Order on AI cybersecurity, the Congressional Internet Caucus recently convened a panel of industry experts, policy analysts, and former officials to discuss the shifting threat...
Back in 2023, the Future of Life Institute issued a open letter calling to “pause giant AI experiments” before runaway AI destroyed humanity. Three years later, machine learning applications have expanded in use and capability, yet humans are still around. Most AI doomers have retreated from saying that AI...
On February 27th, President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology after the company refused the Pentagon's demand to allow lawful use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons. Much of the current media coverage frames this dispute as a straightforward ethical...
There is a battle over the reputation of advanced AI applications going on in the news. Two worldviews conflict: Are we unleashing dangerous forces that threaten humanity? Or are we just making computers and software do a lot of new things? Two Wall Street Journal reporters fired a shot in...
An Official Pre-Summit Event of the AI Impact Summit 2026 As artificial intelligence reshapes economies worldwide, critical questions emerge: Who benefits from AI development? How do export controls and geopolitical barriers affect global collaboration? What balance can we strike between innovation and creators' rights? The Internet Governance Project at Georgia...
The CTO of Palantir Technologies Shyam Sankar recently criticized Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's idea that selling products in China would ultimately serve U.S. interests by making China dependent on American technology. Sankar argued that deepening economic dependence on China would only finance America's own destruction. Huang, for his part, has...
Inflated expectations, inflated assets, inflated capital investments, bad policy. It’s all got to end pretty soon. Artificial intelligence applications are everywhere. They unlock your phone, correct your spelling, redesign your slide presentations, recommend videos, scan and summarize reports and papers, converse with you. All these use cases are different, yet...
On July 1, 2025, dubbed “Content Independence Day”, Cloudflare announced a bold initiative to block unauthorized AI crawlers from accessing websites by default and to create a marketplace where content owners and AI model providers can transact. This move marks a pivotal shift in the contest over who controls, benefits...
From June 23 to June 27, 2025, the Technical Meeting on Public Communication in Emergencies: Tackling Misinformation and Retaining Public Trust in Disruptive Information Environments was held at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. The event aimed to gather expert advice, operational knowledge, and research insights on the...
Roughly two thousand years ago, the full combat load of a Roman legionary weighed approximately 100 pounds (45 kg). Remarkably, modern militaries exhibit a similar pattern. U.S. Army soldiers still carry around 45 kg in full combat gear, while South Korean and British troops typically carry about 40 kg. Despite...
Declaring Independence in Cyberspace tells the story of the struggle between governments and the global Internet community over control of the Internet registries (IANA). It offers new insights into a pressing question with profound implications: is state sovereignty the immutable foundation of global governance, or can new technological capabilities change the model?
“This is a book that needed to be written, and no one is better placed to write it than Milton Mueller. This full, rigorous account provides researchers and policymakers with a precious resource on global internet governance.”
