Progress Towards Artificial General Intelligence Will Scramble Tech Regulation
June 10, 2024 By JB Ferguson, head of Capstone’s Technology Policy Practice The likelihood of OpenAI, Anthropic, or one of their competitors developing artificial general intelligence (AGI)— highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically...
Fed Court Ruling on NY Broadband Price Caps Poses New Risk of State Price Regs
May 9, 2024 By Matt Wiederrecht, Head of Special Situations The Bottom Line Capstone believes a federal appeals court ruling allowing New York to impose price caps on broadband service for low-income households poses novel risks for internet service providers...
The Weakening of the EU Platform Workers Directive
March 25, 2024 By Eva Borbely, Capstone EU Tech Analyst The European Union’s Platform Workers Directive— a years-long effort to regulate workers’ rights in Europe’s gig economy— is back from the dead. However, what has emerged from the grave has been resurrected with...
TikTok, Apple, Google, and The Growing Clash Between Antitrust and National Security
March 18, 2024 By Ian Tang, Capstone Tech, Media, and Telecommunications Analyst The latest effort by Congress to address perceived national security risks posed by Chinese ownership of TikTok barreled through the House of Representatives last week, and the Senate...
