Technology and Privacy

Cato’s Patrick Eddington details what he’s learned about how intelligence agencies handle requests for information about their own internal accountability measures.

After passing the Bank Secrecy Act in 1970, the federal government basically spent the next five decades expanding that regime and encouraging other countries to adopt a similar approach.

The eagerness of antitrust enforcement in such an emerging market is just the latest example of the “big is bad” mentality that drives much of the US’ current approach to competition policy. If antitrust loses its objective standard, it is consumers who will lose out on the most innovative products and the best service options in the market.

In evaluating the potential outcomes of the expansion of AI, the natural tendency is to downplay the benefits and highlight the risks. Oprah Winfrey recently jumped into the conversation. Jennifer Huddleston comments.