- Creating equitable standards for federal use of facial recognition technology
Report · 12 March 2024
This testimony delivered by Dr. Nicol Turner Lee before the United States Commission on Civil Rights addresses the critical intersection of federal governance and facial recognition technology. As…
- Embracing AI in legal practice: Opportunities and challenges | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 5 May 2024
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with…
- Creating queer inclusive research and experiences in AI | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 16 June 2024
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with…
- Transforming the financial services sector in Africa with 4IR technologies
Blog · 22 November 2024
This article highlights Africa's leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), specifically within the financial services sector, where the continent accounts for half of the world's mobile…
- How Chicago’s civic and philanthropic leaders have catalyzed inclusive, tech-driven economic growth
Case study · 13 May 2025
This case study explores the strategic formation and impact of Innovate Illinois, a statewide initiative designed to coordinate efforts among philanthropic, academic, and industrial leaders to secure…
- What experts and the public think about AI | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 18 May 2025
TechTank, a biweekly podcast from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings, explores today’s most consequential technology issues. Moderators Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell West speak with…
- Can Antitrust Keep Up?: Competition policy in high-tech markets
Report · 1 December 2001
The Microsoft antitrust case of 2001 marked a pivotal moment in American legal history, forcing a reconciliation between century-old competition laws and the lightning-fast evolution of…
- State of the Union’s challenge: How to make tech innovation work for us?
Report · 14 January 2016
In his 2016 State of the Union address, President Obama posed four critical questions regarding America's future, focusing heavily on how to harness technology to solve urgent challenges like climate…
- EU-US digital cooperation: A common response to tech challenges?
Event · 10 April 2019
The US and the EU face similar challenges stemming from the digitalization of everything. Online disinformation, data protection and privacy, and artificial intelligence all pose serious questions…
- How to protect yourself from cybersecurity attacks | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 8 February 2021
At the end of 2020, reporting revealed the dramatic SolarWinds hack of major American businesses and government agencies. Russia broke into leading institutions and cybersecurity experts still are…
- How DOGE is using AI in government | The TechTank Podcast
Podcast · 20 April 2025
Some leaders in the Trump administration are adopting an “AI-first strategy,” as it seeks to both remove “burdensome requirements” for developers and “accelerate” artificial intelligence’s (AI) use…
- Web Chat: The Future of America’s Clean Tech Industry
Presentation · 24 April 2012
The future of the American clean technology industry faces significant uncertainty as federal and state policy supports are scheduled to expire, potentially leading to a period of industry…
- How the NSC can better tackle emerging technology threats
Blueprint · 1 February 2021
The rapid advancement of hardware and software, alongside a global shift toward digital networking, has fundamentally altered the security landscape, introducing novel risks to national safety and…
- Frenemies: Global approaches to rebalance the Big Tech v journalism relationship
Report · 28 August 2022
The report details a significant global movement where governments are intervening to force technology giants like Google and Meta to compensate news publishers for content used on their platforms.…
- Attacks on research and development could hamper technological innovation
Report · 22 June 2025
The report provides a critical analysis of the tension between the Trump administration's stated goal of ushering in a "Golden Age of Innovation" and the simultaneous reduction of federal support for…
- Next generation standardized tests face major technical barriers
Report · 14 April 2015
This report evaluates the technical and administrative hurdles encountered by U.S. school districts during the transition to internet-based standardized testing. While moving away from antiquated…
- Ending global poverty: Education and digital technology
Podcast · 24 May 2017
This episode of the Intersections podcast explores the profound synergy between rapid digital expansion and the global effort to eliminate extreme poverty and provide universal education. Scholars…
- Supreme Court antitrust case bypasses traditional technology regulators
Report · 29 January 2019
The legal challenge in Apple Inc. v. Pepper centers on whether the technology giant functions as an anti-competitive monopolist by maintaining exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone…
- How to improve cybersecurity career and technical education
Event · 12 March 2019
On March 13, the Brookings Center for Technology Innovation hosted a discussion about cybersecurity education. There were presentations by two members of Congress: Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), who…
- Regulating online consumer privacy and emerging technologies
Event · 13 March 2019
On March 14, the Center for Technology and Innovation at Brookings hosted a fireside chat with FTC Commissioner Noah Joshua Phillips about these and other questions related to consumer privacy and…
- Comparing American and European perspectives on tech and privacy
Presentation · 2 April 2019
On March 29, 2019, the Brookings Foreign Policy program hosted the sixth annual Justice Stephen Breyer Lecture on International Law. This year’s event focused on the challenges of regulating digital…
- Hutchins Roundup: Loan forbearance, skill biased technologies, and more
Report · 29 July 2020
The Hutchins Roundup provides a synthesis of recent economic research addressing financial stability, technological adoption, and labor market inequities. One of the primary studies analyzed uses…
- The need for regulation of big tech beyond antitrust
Report · 22 September 2020
The report argues that existing antitrust laws, while important, are "blunt instruments" insufficient for addressing the rapid and nuanced challenges posed by Big Tech in the digital age. Authored by…
- How regulators can get facial recognition technology right
Report · 17 November 2020
The report addresses the critical intersection of facial recognition technology (FRT), racial justice, and public policy. Following high-profile cases of wrongful arrests due to flawed algorithmic…
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