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June 2023

Senate Majority Leader Schumer unveils strategy to regulate AI amid dire warnings

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) unveiled a legislative framework for regulating artificial intelligence (AI), warning that “Congress must join the AI revolution” now or risk losing its only chance to regulate the rapidly moving technology. Majority Leader Schumer also said that starting in Fall 2023, he would launch a series of “AI Insight Forums” featuring top AI developers, executives, scientists, community leaders, workers, national security experts, and others. Those discussions, he said, will form the foundation for more detailed policy proposals for Congress.

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Gigi Sohn is a senior fellow at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, a Board Member at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the first the Executive Director of the American Association for Public Broadband. She also served as the co-founder of Public Knowledge. 


Ready to Keep the Momentum Going with BEAD

In the lead up to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) announcements of state Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) allocations expected at the end of June 2023, it’s vital to reflect on how far we’ve come already – not just in terms of the number of dollars committed or the number of locations served, but in proving that a public-private partnership model is one of the most effective paths forward in working to expand broadband access. Local leaders and industry partners have come together and made extraordinary progress building out broadband n

Libraries, Section 8 + Technology: Challenges in Closing the Digital Divide

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is leading some of the City’s investments in digital equity and is partnering with the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library, and the Queens Public Library to support low-income New Yorkers on using technology. A significant portion of the agency’s Section 8 households include an older or disabled adult and many are bilingual.

50 Ways to Love (not Leave) Your Anchor Institutions

There are at least seven reasons why states should consider connecting anchor institutions early in the broadband deployment process rather than at the tail end:

Accelerate the US high-capacity transmission build-out with voluntary, strategic co-location

Attempts to pass comprehensive transmission siting reform failed in the recent congressional debt ceiling negotiations. It may be time to explore a different approach to accelerating transmission build-out: encouraging voluntary efforts by developers and stakeholders to create stakeholder-driven transmission corridors.

Utah Gov. Cox Announces Statewide Initiative To Increase Affordable Connectivity Program Adoption

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