Report on past event

Dr. Ruha Benjamin stressed that the people and companies behind the screen, not the technology itself, are responsible for the harms of artificial intelligence. Dr. Benjamin, the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and founding director of the Ida B. Wells JUST Data Lab, called tech industry leaders “the artificial intelligentsia” and warned that they want the public to believe democracy is outdated software. Drawing on Black intellectual tradition from W.E.B.

Four principles have guided much of the United States’ approach to communications policy and have helped to enable the vibrant and prosperous digital ecosystem we benefit from today

Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the news of late, and stakeholders around the world weighed in this week. The United Nations (UN) convened an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI to assess how AI is transforming lives globally.

The House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology convened an oversight hearing focused on the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator Arielle Roth was the sole witness.

For years, the broadband industry has debated which technologies would ultimately win. Cable or fiber. Wireless or wireline.

This week, the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets held a fireside chat with Neil Thompson, director of the FutureTech project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and economic mobility.

Federal Communications Commissioner Olivia Trusty visited Nebraska on a visit hosted by Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), where she met with government, military, nonprofit, and private-sector stakeholders working to strengthen U.S. leadership in advanced communications technologies. "During my recent trip to Nebraska, I saw firsthand the critical role advanced communications technologies play in keeping Americans safe and connected, including in some of the nation’s most rural communities,” said Commissioner Trusty.

This week, thousands of broadband industry stakeholders gathered at the Fiber Broadband Association's Fiber Connect 2026 conference in Orlando, Florida, to discuss the future of fiber broadband. The theme of this year's Fiber Connect, "Light Years Ahead," describes fiber as the conduit that "carries every part of life with it: faster learning, better health, smarter communities, [and] stronger economies." With this in mind, Fiber Connect attendees convened to discuss what lies ahead for U.S.

A broadband provider and two journalists attending Fiber Connect 2026 here recapped the lessons they had learned at the annual trade show of the fiber industry. Attendees shifted attention from federal deployment funding to fiber's expanding role in telehealth, precision agriculture, quantum networks and data center buildouts. The conference’s expo floor had a shorter schedule than in previous years due to World Cup scheduling conflicts.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is hoping to complete guidance on $22 billion in broadband spending “over the next two months.” The agency had been planning to release the guidance March 11, but it’s been delayed.