The CIA and other intelligence agencies should commit to responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities it discovers to the private sector so that security holes can be patched, writes Daniel Castro in...

To avoid an influx of lawsuits targeting online services that would stifle innovation and ultimately harm consumers, Congress should expand Section 230 to protect AI-generated content.

ITIF hosted a panel with a keynote speech by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, followed by an expert discussion with leading defense and technology experts of...

Though China built upon a foreign base of technology, it has become the world’s leading proponent of nuclear energy. Chinese firms are well ahead of their Western peers, supported by a whole-of-gov...

The public relies on federal websites to access information and services from the U.S. government, yet 92 percent of its most popular sites fail to meet basic standards for security, speed, mobile...

ITIF hosted a panel with a keynote speech by Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, followed by an expert discussion with leading defense and technology experts of...

Reports, articles, commentary, analysis, and events covering the intersection of technological innovation and public policy, including: economic issues related to innovation, productivity, and...

Explore the intersection of technology, innovation, and public policy with the world’s leading think tank on these issues. Innovation Files serves up expert interviews, fascinating insights, and...

China now dominates the strategically important industries in ITIF’s Hamilton Index, producing more than any other nation in absolute terms and more than all but a few others in relative terms. Its...

If conservatives are wrong to be skeptics of climate science, why won't liberals accept the science around the safety of GMOs?

Join ITIF for an expert panel discussion on the possible outcomes and implications of this landmark antitrust case.

Competition authorities in the United Kingdom fear Microsoft will keep Call of Duty off Sony PlayStations if it acquires the game’s publisher. But that’s not what happened when it bought the develo...

Cleaner, more secure, more affordable energy has been a national goal since America's founding. Whalers braved storms for it in the 1800s. Diplomats sought to secure supply lines for it more rece

Join ITIF for an expert panel discussion on the possible outcomes and implications of this landmark antitrust case.

ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of establishing a digital currency in the United States.

ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a discussion on the challenges and opportunities of establishing a digital currency in the United States.

A major challenge to getting clean energy projects built is not technology, financing, or cost uncertainty, but regulatory and permitting hurdles. To fully leverage the once-in-a-generation federal...

By improving privacy protection and facilitating secure collaborative research, privacy-enhancing technology could complement data-sharing policies and enable analysis of sensitive medical data and...

ITIF's Center for Data Innovation hosted a discussion about the efficacy of using algorithms to moderate content, the role algorithms can play in addressing the infodemic, and the ways policymakers...

ITIF presented a new report and held an expert panel discussion on the critical role carbon management technologies could play in coming decades and the innovation policies that could turn that...

Reports, articles, commentary, analysis, and events covering the intersection of technological innovation and public policy, including: economic issues related to innovation, productivity, and...

The 2019 edition of the University of Pennsylvania’s annual ranking also places ITIF among America’s top 50 think tanks overall—at number 27, up from number 35 in 2018.

Watch now for an expert panel discussion of Europe’s efforts and the implications for an allied approach to economic security in an era of economic warfare.

China stands about five years behind global leaders in high-volume manufacturing of leading-edge logic semiconductor chips, and continues to trail in memory chips and semiconductor manufacturing...

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Join ITIF for a panel discussion to learn more about the ongoing efforts to reform U.S. antitrust law.

Reports, articles, commentary, analysis, and events covering the intersection of technological innovation and public policy, including: economic issues related to innovation, productivity, and...

A portion of all new federal royalties from oil and gas drilling leases should go into a dedicated clean energy innovation fund, according to an op-ed written by Stefan Koester.

Technologies and tech companies are accused of creating a myriad of societal problems. Technology Fears and Scapegoats exposes them as mostly myths, falsehoods, and exaggerations. It issues a clarion...

The United States should launch a “moon shot” in clean energy that mobilizes its unmatched innovative capabilities to combat climate change and capture global markets. The fiscal year 2022 budget is...

A coalition of 39 organizations and individuals from prominent research institutions, trade associations, law enforcement groups, and technology companies advocates for appropriate safeguards so that...

The FTC plans to follow Europe’s precautionary approach to antitrust by enacting preemptive rules of per se illegality. But American precautionary antitrust is both unlawful and economically harmful,...

ITIF held a discussion about Internet governance during times of global strife, lessons from past conflicts, and the future of the open Internet.

Fears of new discoveries have led to calls for “precautionary” regulation, which risks stifling agricultural innovation without any showing of need or benefit. There is a better way. The time is long...

Daniel Moynihan once stated that “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” This is no more true than with today’s debate over the health of U.S. manufacturing; a debate that...

Reports, articles, commentary, analysis, and events covering the intersection of technological innovation and public policy, including: economic issues related to innovation, productivity, and...

A plan for maintaining and extending America’s edge in innovation and technology.

Please join ITIF for a discussion with state leaders about how to successfully implement the CHIPS Act.

Any stimulus package should include measures to spur technology deployment that would not just boost the economy, but also, in some cases, help society become more resilient so that we are better...

The next administration needs to place innovation, productivity, and competitiveness at the core of its economic policy. To that end, this report offers a comprehensive techno-economic agenda with 82...

Watch the Center for Clean Energy Innovation’s release event covering their annual report on the federal energy RD&D budget; discussion by expert panel covering how the funding aligns with these key...

The legislation puts technology commercialization on an equal footing with scientific research in America’s national innovation system by creating a new technology directorate at the National Science...

In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, President Biden outlined an ambitious legislative agenda for Congress to tackle alleged shortcomings of “Big Tech.” The president’s list of priorities includes...

Understanding what AI can do—and perhaps more importantly what it cannot—is critical for understanding the substantial benefits AI can bring to many sectors of the economy and society.

In response to today’s announcement that Facebook Reality Labs is launching “Project Aria,” an augmented reality (AR) research project to begin collecting real-world data using camera- and sensor-e...

The United States is creating a double standard. There is no security justification for banning an app merely because it is owned by a Chinese company.

Microsoft buying Activision would help the firm compete with Japan’s Sony and Nintendo.

Venture capitalists know what it feels like when a company is firing on all cylinders. But it’s been a while since the whole country had that feeling of dynamism—so why not focus on companies that...

Congressional passage of the legislation represents a tremendous step forward toward renewed U.S. industrial competitiveness, science and technology leadership, and greater levels of innovation to...

Fears of new discoveries have led to calls for “precautionary” regulation, which risks stifling agricultural innovation without any showing of need or benefit. There is a better way. The time is long...

Innovation in renewable energy technologies, tapping solar, wind, geothermal, and water resources, could unlock massive decarbonization opportunities. But it will not happen without increased,...

Join us for an expert panel discussion exploring the positive potential of technological innovation to transform society for the better by increasing accessibility for all.

SEPT 14th: The 2nd Annual AR/VR Policy Conference will take place Wednesday Sept 14th with program starting promptly at 11:00 AM EST and concluding approxima...