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The report buries the most balanced finding. Americans are split on AI’s future: 44% optimistic, 41% pessimistic. If we want serious AI policy, we need fewer engineered narratives & more solutions for displaced workers. More from @RobAtkinsonITIF ⤵️ policyarena.org/p/polling-as-p…

A new poll from @blueroseorg claims to capture American views on AI and affordability. 👉 But look closer: It’s not measuring public opinion, it’s testing partisan messaging. Key issues include leading questions, emotionally loaded language, selective data, & unfounded claims.

Europe can’t compete globally with 27 rulebooks. The EU’s proposed “28th regime” is a step toward a real single market, but Europe will not restore competitiveness unless it also cuts the broader regulatory burden choking innovation and scale. vist.ly/4vhb7

Canada's Online Streaming Act is just one of 100+ non-tariff attacks worldwide that target U.S. tech companies with discriminatory rules. ITIF tracks them all: itif.org/publications/k…

The Smucker-Sánchez letter isn't subtle. 29 members of Ways and Means telling Canada to kill the Online Streaming Act before it becomes a full-blown trade fight.

29 Ways and Means members, both parties, want Canada to scrap its Online Streaming Act. The law slaps a 5% revenue tax on U.S. streaming platforms while letting Canadian broadcasters skate free.

Rural Americans face higher Alzheimer’s risks, and too often lack access to timely diagnosis and care. ITIF explains how innovations like blood-based tests and digital screening tools can help close the gap and reduce the burden on patients, caregivers, and rural communities. vist.ly/4vgcb

CFIUS is a key defense against foreign threats, but its rules must be stronger. @sjezell, Rodrigo Balbontin, & @eli__clemens argue @USTreasury should tighten review to stop CCP-backed/influenced firms from using deals and front companies to get at US tech. vist.ly/4vfzb

The discussion draft of Sen. @MarshaBlackburn's TRUMP AMERICA AI Act aggregates a slew of heavy-handed, innovation-constraining ideas for regulating AI systems into a flawed federal framework.

Equating the United States and China as comparable “threats” is a deeply flawed premise, especially when it ignores the fact that NATO is a durable alliance grounded in shared strategic commitments, not the political moods of a given moment.

That capture may ultimately benefit global competitors like China, which is committed to ensuring that its state-backed firms dethrone the West from global leadership in 21st-century innovation. More from @JosephVConiglio ⬇️ itif.org/publications/2…

Rather than let existing antitrust reforms play out, this proposal risks importing heavy-handed regulation that harms consumers & innovation. It seems to reflect capture by commercial interests hostile to leading US tech firms, which appear to be the bill’s sole targets. (2/3)

There’s no market failure to justify @Scott_Wiener’s newly announced BASED Act, which would impose DMA-style restrictions on large tech firms. California’s digital markets remain global leaders, driving breakthroughs in AI and next-generation innovation. (1/3)

.@GOVUK released its Copyright and AI report with no proposal or timeline. While avoiding a flawed policy is better than rushing, continued inaction is unsustainable. Our statement from @MRJKilcoyne: vist.ly/4vctu

Europe’s experience is a warning for Washington. Policies undermining incentives for innovation will quietly erode US global leadership. If the US weakens IP, cuts research funding, or expands price controls, it risks repeating Europe’s decline. More ⬇️ itif.org/publications/2…

European governments gradually adopted drug price controls, weaker IP protections, and slower regulatory and reimbursement systems. While these policies reduced short-term spending, they steadily discouraged R&D and long-term investment in new drugs. (2/3)

Europe once produced 65% of the world’s medicines, but today the US develops nearly twice as many new drugs as Europe. The shift wasn’t inevitable. Policy choices weakened Europe’s innovation incentives, and Washington is now heading toward the same mistakes. 🧵 1/3

See ITIF's recent analysis 👇 itif.org/publications/2…

As Brazil weighs DMA-style regulation, this is not just a domestic policy choice. It will shape digital markets across the Global South and who sets the rules. Fragmentation risks ceding influence while disproportionately burdening American tech firms. 🧵 5/6

This week, the Brazilian National Congress is considering a motion to fast-track new DMA-style legislation, bill 4675/2025. Keep reading to learn more. 🧵 1/6