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Pennsylvania's GRID Standards and the Fatal Conceit of AI Industrial Policy
In The National Law Review, CFJ's Jeffrey Depp argues that Pennsylvania's GRID standards substitute state planning for market knowledge in AI data-center development.
Jeffrey Depp


Artificial Intelligence, Natural Ignorance
In Truth on the Market, CFJ's Jeffrey Depp argues that policymakers can't know enough about AI to regulate it well, so consumers, not bureaucrats, should steer it.
Jeffrey Depp


Powering AI: Why Markets Matter More Than Mandates
In The National Law Review, CFJ's Jeffrey Depp argues that markets, not government mandates, should decide how to power the data centers behind American AI.
Jeffrey Depp


Brazil's Digital Power Grab Punishes America and Helps China
In the Washington Examiner, CFJ's Ashley Baker warns that Brazil's Europe-style digital rules punish American tech companies and open the door to China.
Ashley Baker


Too Much Order, Too Soon: The Case Against AI Term Sheets
In Truth on the Market, CFJ's Jeffrey Depp argues that non-binding AI term sheets invite firms to cluster around what Washington favors.
Jeffrey Depp


CFJ Blog Post: Only Markets Can Regulate AI
No government, federal or state, knows enough to regulate artificial intelligence. Why markets, not mandates, should govern AI.
Jeffrey Depp


Re: Revision to the Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
These proposed reforms—particularly the restrictions on serial and parallel inter partes review (“IPR”) challenges and the requirement that petitioners stipulate to litigating validity in only one forum—represent an urgently needed course-correction to restore reliability to U.S. patent rights, strengthen American innovation, and fortify the nation’s technological leadership against foreign adversaries, especially the People’s Republic of China.
Jeffrey Depp


A Federal AI Moratorium Is the America-First Policy the Constitution Requires
State attempts to regulate artificial intelligence violate the Commerce Clause and risk crippling U.S. innovation. Congress must pass a federal moratorium to preempt state fragmentation and promote AI development.
Ashley Baker


The NIH 'Access Plan' Mandate: Central Planning by Another Name
In Truth on the Market, CFJ's Jeffrey Depp argues that NIH's “access plan” mandate for patent licenses is central planning that threatens biomedical innovation.
Jeffrey Depp
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