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📎 ICYMI!📎 New Working Paper: "Lessons from Telecom Regulation for Tech Competition Policy," by Jonathan E. Nuechterlein and Howard A. Shelanski, Georgetown University Law Center, download it on SSRN here! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Happy National Intern Day to our TPI Summer 2025 interns! Bwalya Mwila Carleton, James Burrell USF, Tamara Aguetse Princeton, Skylar Nunn UChicago are putting their computer science and pre-law majors and masters degrees to good use!

Want AI Leadership? Stop Attacking the Science That Creates It - Publications - The Technology Policy Institute Read the latest work published by the fellows of Technology Policy Institute.

🚨New TPI Blog Post!🚨 Want AI Leadership? Stop Attacking the Science That Creates It. "Yet the Administration is throwing sand in the gears of this innovation engine..." Read more here! techpolicyinstitute.org/publications...

🚨TPI Panel Announcement! The Geopolitics of AI🚨 with Victoria Jeffries, Xiaomeng Lu, Matt Perault, Emelia (Emmy) Probasco, and Mike Swift. Register today to attend Aug 17-19, 2025! tpiaspen.org #tpiaspen

🚨TPI Aspen Panel Announcement: A View from the DOJ🚨 This fireside chat with Roger Alford, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General will examine the Trump Administration's antitrust agenda. Register today! tpiaspen.org Aug 17-19, 2025

🚨TPI Aspen Panel Announcement!🚨 Digital Trade in a Fractured World with Andrew DeVore, Margot Kaminski, Steve Lang, Alan Raul, and David Gross. Register today! tpiaspen.org

🚨TPI Aspen Forum 2025 Panel Announcement: Privacy and Governmental Surveillance🚨 with Jeff Greene, Jim Kohlenberger, Heather West, and Shane Tews! Register today! tpiaspenforum.tech/register

🎙️New TPI Podcast Episode!🎙️ Jonathan Barnett of USC Law and Larry White of NYU Stern on antitrust in the Trump administration. Tune in here and on your favorite podcast platforms! www.twothinkminimum.com/rewriting-th...

🚨Fireside Chat at TPI Aspen with Jay Bhattacharya and Joe Nocera!🚨 TPI Aspen will feature a fireside chat with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health, moderated by Joe Nocera, Deputy Managing Editor of The Free Press. Register here! tpiaspenforum.tech/register

New BEAD Rules Enable Efficient Spending But Make it Pointless to Try - Publications - The Technology Policy Institute Read the latest work published by the fellows of Technology Policy Institute.

🚨New on the TPI Blog🚨 SIEPR's Gregory Rosston and TPI's Scott Wallsten on the TPI Blog: "New BEAD Rules Enable Efficient Spending But Make it Pointless to Try." Read it here! techpolicyinstitute.org/publications...

🚨TPI Aspen 2025 Panel Announcement!🚨 AI and Energy Markets: Tanya Das, Marsden Hanna, Marty Hopkins, Frank Wolak, Scott Wallsten. Aug 17-19, 2025. Register at tpiaspen.org! Panelists will explore how power grids must adapt to AI's growing computational demands.

🚨New article!🚨 TPI Senior Fellow Sarah Oh Lam and TPI Lead Programmer Nathaniel Lovin published an article "Does Agentic AI Require New Policy Frameworks?" in CPI TechREG Chronicle (June 2025 issue)! Read it here! www.pymnts.com/cpi-posts/do...

🚨TPI Aspen Forum 2025 Panel Announcement!🚨 Universal Service in Transition: BEAD's New Direction and Beyond, featuring David Don, Janice Hauge, James Prieger, Brandy Reitter, Scott Wallsten. Register today! VA CLE credits available! tpiaspen.org

TPI Aspen 2025 Keynote Address Announcement! Stanford Economist Chad Jones, one of the world's foremost experts on long-run economic growth and innovation, to speak at TPI Aspen on Innovation, Growth, and Risk! Aug. 17-19, 2025, Register today www.tpiaspenforum.tech/register #cle #tpiaspen ⛰️🥾🌻

PS - Virginia CLE credits are approved for this panel!

⛰️TPI Aspen 2025 Panel Announcement! Current Developments in Antitrust Policy ⛰️ discussion of allegations of collusion in big tech censorship, merger review, ongoing litigation: Dennis Carlton, Carl Shapiro, Howard Shelanski, Christopher Yoo, Tom Lenard. Register today! tpiaspen.org Aug 17-19, 2025

Opinion | Shut Down the Federal Communications Commission While the latest deregulation initiative is a step in the right direction, the best policy would be to close the agency.

In the WSJ, TPI's Thomas Lenard writes: "While this deregulation initiative is a step in the right direction, Mr. Carr could be more ambitious." Read more here: www.wsj.com/opinion/shut...

Preserving the Bottom Rung: How We Can Protect Experiential Learning in the AI Era - Publications - The Technology Policy Institute Read the latest work published by the fellows of Technology Policy Institute.

New AI Blog Post! TPI President Scott Wallsten writes "AI is replacing those training grounds that turn novices into critical thinkers..." Read the post: "Preserving the Bottom Rung: How We Can Protect Experiential Learning in the AI Era" here! techpolicyinstitute.org/publications...

Tariffs Imperil America's Service Economy - Publications - The Technology Policy Institute Read the latest work published by the fellows of Technology Policy Institute.

🚨New on the TPI Blog!🚨 Scott Wallsten in "Tariffs Imperil America’s Service Economy" writes: "America’s service-powered economy—now nearly nearly three-quarters-quarters of GDP and over $1 trillion in exports—stands to suffer collateral damage.." Read it here! techpolicyinstitute.org/publications...

Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine Under its new chairman, the FCC is threatening broadcasters and pushing President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Quoted in Steven Levy's piece in Wired is Jon Nuechterlein's article: "'Jawboning' alone can be akin to enforcement. 'A jawboning target cannot simply call the FCC’s bluff...'" www.wired.com/story/plaint... Read the entire piece here! techpolicyinstitute.org/publications...

TPI’s Jon Nuechterlein joined an amicus brief on the heightened Microsoft causation standard in Section 2 cases. Read the Brief of Bipartisan Former Antitrust Enforcers As Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party in U.S. v. Google here from May 6: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

You’re Fired: How Direct Presidential Control Makes the FTC Redundant - Publications - The Technology Policy Institute Read the latest work published by the fellows of Technology Policy Institute.

New TPI Blog Post! Jon Nuechterlein writes, "You’re Fired: How Direct Presidential Control Makes the FTC Redundant," read it here! techpolicyinstitute.org/publications...

Reminder! TPI Aspen Forum 2025 Early Registration is open! Join us! Reserve your hotel room early for Aug. 17-19, 2025 and get a front row seat for expert policy panels, fresh mountain air, and CLE credits! tpiaspen.org/register #tpiaspen

Nicolas Petit joined the podcast for a discussion of the Draghi Report, European competitiveness, and innovation directions. Tune in! soundcloud.com/two-think-mi... #podcast #eu #antitrust

In the WSJ today! "Antitrust Officials Want to Sell Google for Parts: The Justice Department lawsuit may snuff out vital competition." Thomas Lenard and Scott Wallsten. Read it here! www.wsj.com/opinion/goog... #antitrust

European Innovation and Competitiveness with Nicolas Petit In this episode of Two Think Minimum, Nicolas Petit, Chair in Competition Law at the European University Institute, joins hosts Tom Lenard, Scott Wallsten, and Sarah Oh Lam to explore the pressing cha

🚨New Podcast Episode!🚨 Nicolas Petit on European Innovation and Competitiveness on the recent Draghi Report, Europe's innovation gaps, and the critical policy shifts needed to secure the region's economic future. Tune in! soundcloud.com/two-think-mi... #ai #aipolicy #antitrust #eu

We're thankful for our TPI Fall 2024 Interns! 🍂🏈🍎 Shaunda Johnson, Skyler Nunn, Annella Charee Tucker, and Alice Khayami are working on privacy research, satellite policy, antitrust law, podcasts, and AI of course! #thankful

YouTube video by Technology Policy Institute Content Moderation: Who Fact-Checks the Fact-Checkers?

The Great Barrington Declaration has been a topic of discussion at TPI Aspen and podcast! Stanford prof. Jay Bhattacharya is in the news again, ICYMI, check out the Aspen panel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1n8..., Podcast: soundcloud.com/two-think-mi..., www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

The Politics of Prediction Markets: John Phillips and David Mason On the latest episode of Two Think Minimum, TPI hosts Tom Lenard, Sarah Oh Lam, and Scott Wallsten explore the world of polls and prediction markets with Aristotle CEO John Phillips and General Counse

ICYMI! John Phillips from @predictit on the Politics of Prediction Markets on TPI's Two Think Minimum podcast, tune in here! soundcloud.com/two-think-mi... #podcast #polls #politics #predictit

New from TPI! 🚨Tech Policy Recommendations for the Next Administration🚨 on Antitrust, Digital Speech, Industrial Policy, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Broadband, Global Frameworks, and AI. Read them here! techpolicyinstitute.org/wp-content/u...