December 2023
Google’s Antitrust Loss to Epic Could Preview Its Legal Fate in 2024 (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/13/2023 - 06:27Apple, Google Get Billions From Their App Stores. That’s Now Under Threat. (Wall Street Journal)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 12/13/2023 - 06:27Op-ed
Witnesses
Director Helena Fu, Director of Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the Undersecretary for Science, Department of Energy
The voice of the public has generally been left out of policy debates on the governance of AI. In October 2023, Syracuse University Professor Baobao Zhang partnered with the Center for New Democratic Processes (CNDP) to conduct the Public Assembly on High Risk AI (AI Assembly).
FCC Reaffirms Decision to Reject Starlink Application for Nearly $900 Million in Subsidies
The Federal Communications Commission reaffirmed its Wireline Bureau’s prior decision to reject the long-form application of Starlink to receive public support through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program, based on the applicant’s failure to meet the program requirements. Starlink had sought a review of a decision and asked the FCC to find that Starlink is reasonably capable of meeting its performance obligations in its winning bid areas. Starlink argued that (1) the Bureau disregarded FCC policy and the long-form application review process by applying heightened scrutiny to St