Brookings

On July 19, 2024, a major global outage was caused by a faulty software update issued by CrowdStrike, a prominent cybersecurity firm.

Donald Trump supports a lighter regulatory touch on AI and other emerging technologies, while Vice President Kamala Harris understands the way AI is transforming communications and service delivery, and the need for public oversight. A President Harris would likely continue Biden’s tough antitrust enforcement.

Project 2025 echoes Donald Trump’s critical view of the media. As a result, it proposes to strip public broadcasting of its funding and legal status, thus endangering access to reliable news for American citizens. The authors allege that Big Tech colluded with the government to attack American values and advance “wokeism.” In response, they envision sweeping antitrust enforcement not on economic grounds, but for socio-political reasons.

Artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize education as profoundly as the internet has already revolutionized our lives. However, our experience with commercial internet platforms gives us pause. Like the commercialization of the internet, the AI consumerization trend, driven by massive investments across sectors, prioritizes profit over societal and educational benefits. We must advocate for a thoughtful, education-centric approach to AI development that enhances, rather than replaces, human intelligence and recognises the value of effort in learning. Some of the potential risks: