Politics & Tech Policy Brief

US AI Regulation Momentum

• 🔥 Washington Warms to AI Rules: The Trump administration is pivoting from opposing AI regulation toward considering a...

CDT strengthens its advocacy through work on a broad range of digital, technology, and internet policy issues. This cross-cutting approach builds a practical foundation for addressing interconnected challenges in technology governance.

The Trump administration has reversed last year's abrupt firings of young federal employees and elimination of key tech programs like 18F and the U.S....

Federal agencies and IT operations are rapidly deploying AI while governance and risk controls lag behind, creating widespread vulnerabilities.

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Four distinct angles reveal how technology and rules are reshaping democratic processes for the midterms.

• Gerrymandering fix: Proportional...

Recent UK local and regional election results mark a notable political shift, with far-right parties making gains. This development signals broader changes across Europe.

• Parliament alerts highlight AI automating attacks on hospitals, power grids and infrastructure at near-zero cost.
• Deep divisions emerge over...

Rejecting the false pro-AI versus anti-AI binary, this stance prioritizes power dynamics by using AI ethically as a grassroots force-multiplier while...

Organizations are shifting AI governance from abstract policies to concrete execution layers that embed accountability, tools, and audit trails.

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Tech workers at Google DeepMind are demanding union recognition to block military AI contracts with the US and Israel, including calls to end the $1.2...

Washington's momentum toward AI oversight now includes possible federal licensing and bipartisan legislation, fueled by public backlash and models...

Trump's executive order directs regulators to review rules blocking crypto and fintech firms from partnering with banks and accessing Fed payment...

California Governor Gavin Newsom warns that AI will transform jobs faster than government can respond, urging major systemic reforms including...

AI Governance Legal Outcomes

• 🔥 OpenAI Lawsuit Dismissed: A federal jury has rejected Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, ending...

• Core Coverage: Nicolle Wallace delivers in-depth White House updates, congressional investigations, and Biden administration news.
• Key Topics:...

Physician AI adoption has more than doubled in three years, yet most practices lack governance plans.

• Eight scalable steps—from naming an owner to...

Reliable AI compliance demands evidence-based inventories of systems and data flows rather than policies alone.

• Define boundaries, owners, vendors,...

AI regulation is shifting from principles to practical operating requirements, linking AI laws with privacy, cybersecurity, and sector rules under one...

ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF turn broad principles like accountability and risk management into auditable, repeatable practices for enterprises...

Federal contests and state deployments show agentic AI and open-source tools closing the defender gap against automated attacks.

• DARPA's AI Cyber...