Executive Summary U.S. M&A transaction value rose roughly 50 percent year over year in 2025, with four mega-mergers above $40 billion versus none in 2024. This happened despite total deal count falling 4 percent. The surge was driven almost entirely by the top of the market: deals over $10 billion grew 120 percent, while those … Continue reading
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The Impact of AI Efficiency Gains on National Debt and Gross Domestic Product
Aryan Mirchandani Executive Summary The recent AI boom has prompted policymakers to forecast exponential GDP growth in the near term, easing pressure on officials to act against rising national debt levels. The Trump Administration has utilized the AI efficiency boom to continue large levels of fiscal spending, as it implores that this boom will decrease … Continue reading
Impact of AI on Healthcare
Executive Summary Artificial Intelligence is increasingly integrated into medical practice, combining traditional AI, such as machine learning, and generative AI to improve efficiency and decrease research costs. Abridge AI, Freed AI, GE’s Critical Care Suite, and AlphaFold are FDA approved HIPAA compliant tools which automate clinical documentation, aid diagnostic imaging, and accelerate biomedical research. Despite … Continue reading
Gridlock ahead? Driving innovation in the autonomous vehicle market
Executive Summary Driverless vehicles are at the cutting edge of automobile innovation, and their importance will only increase with time. While the United States is producing these vehicles competitively, an unclear regulatory environment threatens to stall technological progress. U.S. lawmakers and regulators should build certainty and spur innovation by establishing a national safety standard and … Continue reading
What Are the Implications of AI for the Power and Utilities Sector?
Executive Summary: The energy demands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centers are rising rapidly, threatening the achievement of Net Zero 2030 targets, and raising concerns about the environmental impact of AI development and data storage. Data centers will account for 9 percent of the US’s total power consumption by 2030, significantly impacting the power … Continue reading
Self-Improving Neural Networks.
Executive Summary OpenAI’s latest breakthrough, “Self-Improving Neural Networks” (SINS), showcases AI systems that can autonomously enhance their performance without human intervention. This innovation marks a significant milestone in artificial intelligence, demonstrating the potential for AI to independently identify and rectify its shortcomings, thus accelerating advancements in machine learning and automation. While the self-improving capabilities of … Continue reading
Unveiling the Mystery: An Introduction to Mesa-Optimization in Artificial Intelligence
Executive Summary: Algorithms are the backbone of artificial intelligence, and optimization is a crucial tool for making them work effectively. By optimizing algorithms, we can ensure they achieve their desired goals efficiently and accurately. This allows AI systems to learn from data, make predictions, and solve problems in increasingly sophisticated ways. However, a fascinating concept … Continue reading
AI Regulation Updates in the Healthcare Sector
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) expands into new parts of our economy, new regulations in areas such as the healthcare sector are being proposed in 2024. In the healthcare sector, there are many concerns about the privacy and accuracy of AI algorithms, both from governments and independent organizations. As policy makers look to the future of … Continue reading
What is algorithmic transparency and why do we need it?
On February 11, 2013, Eric Loomis was arrested in Wisconsin for his part in a drive-by shooting. He pleaded guilty to knowingly fleeing an officer. During the sentencing, the judge consulted an algorithm that predicted how likely Loomis was to recidivate. Because of his criminal history and other factors weighed by the algorithm, Loomis was … Continue reading
