We ❤️ irony: This post was written entirely by Claude Opus 4.6 Extended based on Scott Wallsten’s prompts and Nathaniel Lovin’s work downloading all FCC proceedings and running them through…
From Simple to Impossible: How Task Complexity Limits AI Research Assistants
Nathaniel Lovin and Scott Wallsten
Does Agentic AI Require New Policy Frameworks?
Sarah Oh Lam and Nathaniel Lovin
Comments filed with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President on “Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan”
Scott Wallsten, Sarah Oh Lam and Nathaniel Lovin
Getting Real About Artificial Intelligence at CES
Scott Wallsten and Nathaniel Lovin
Artificial intelligence was the standout theme at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show. This analysis uses exhibitor-provided descriptions to quantify the presence of AI and evaluate where it appears to be…
From Tokens to Context Windows: Simplifying AI Jargon
Nathaniel Lovin, Scott Wallsten and Sarah Oh Lam
AI models are trained on trillions of tokens, billions of parameters, and ever-longer context windows. But what the heck does any of that mean? Is two trillion tokens twice as…
We Need a New Definition of AI
Nathaniel Lovin
Senators Hawley (R-MO) and Blumenthal (D-CT) have recently been pushing proposed legislation to exclude generative artificial intelligence from section 230 liability protection, as part of wider efforts to regulate AI. The proposal has…
Where Does the Time Go? Competing for Attention in the Online Economy
Sarah Oh Lam, Nathaniel Lovin and Scott Wallsten
Many of the goods and services available online are free in the sense that they do not require financial payments. But they do require investments of time, which is not…
Research Roundup for June 2023
Nathaniel Lovin
The Case for Not Regulating AI … Or, At Least, Not Yet
