Archive: News – Digital Economy
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How is AI Transforming Firms?
This second conference in our AI in Action Series: How is AI Transforming Firms?
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Center Scholars release research on AI and its impact
AI presents new opportunities, however concerns about potential disruptions loom. But what exactly is AI, how is it used, and what implications does it hold? Find answers to the questions in our latest Economic Policy Vignette.
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DeStefano and Mayo research on the Affordable Connectivity Program shows encouraging signs for success.
Tim DeStefano and John Mayo release an EPV on the early evidence of the Affordable Connectivity Program. Preliminary data suggest considerable growth in enrollment for the country as a whole with differences in uptake across regions and time.
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Executive Director John Mayo Addresses Subject of Subsidies to Stimulate Broadband Deployment
Executive Director John Mayo participated as an invited panelist at the America Enterprise Institute’s program on “Will Broadband Be Affordable? Assessing Regulations for Broadband Subsidies”.
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Harvard Business Review published a new article based on Center Scholar Tim DeStefano’s paper examining the effects of AI on business decision-makers.
New research by Center Scholar Tim DeStefano looked at the extent to which the employees of a fashion retailer followed the stocking recommendations of two algorithms: one whose workings were easy to understand and one that was indecipherable.
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The Center for Business and Public Policy Provides Comments to the FTC on Cloud Computing
The Center’s comments below are meant to provide important information on the demand-side evolution on the usage of cloud-based services.
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Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Policy
How will AI and Big Data disrupt economies? How are these technologies diffusing around the world? How are firms using AI and big data analytics, and how does this impact productivity? Are current policies appropriate for these next generation technologies? This workshop will present insights on these areas and more, featuring experts from academia, policy and industry.
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The Center for Business and Public Policy Provides Comments to the NTIA on the National Spectrum Strategy
Georgetown’s Center for Business and Public Policy (CBPP) submitted comments to the National Telecommunications Information Administration on a clear and robust National Spectrum Policy.
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Center scholar Tim DeStefano co-authored an article in Forbes on the failure of organizations to fully utilize their data science efforts.
Research by the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard has demonstrated that only a portion of data science projects across a wide range of organizations, such as automotive, biotech, retail and the public sector, solve challenges and lead to at-scale performance gains. Why do so few succeed?
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An article in the Wall Street Journal cited Center scholar Tim DeStefano’s research on artificial intelligence.
The Wall Street Journal included Center scholar Tim DeStefano’s research on artificial intelligence in a 2022 article about introducing AI into the workplace.
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