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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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
Price Transparency: How the FTC is Tackling Bait-and-Switch Pricing
Executive Overview – There is a recurring practice of firms failing to disclose upfront mandatory charges in the advertised price of their goods or services, leading to an unexpected higher final cost for consumers (e.g. “resort fees” in hotel bookings and “processing fees” in ticket purchases). – Misleading pricing threatens competition in the market, as … Continue reading
Cyberattacks on Utilities
Executive Summary – A recent cyberattack targeting American Water — the US’s largest water utility provider —resulted in a breach of American’s personal information and a customer service portal shutdown, raising concerns about an increasing use of ransomware and disruption to attack critical utility infrastructure. – The increasing number of attacks on American infrastructure has many … 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
The Future of Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology and the Metaverse
Executive Summary Building off the well-established infrastructure and economy of the gaming industry, tech companies are looking to make the jump to the next chapter of the internet based in Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) technology. Implementation of VR/AR technology within the metaverse will come with social and ethical implications, necessitating an attentive eye to how it is changing society and a commitment to developing appropriate policy actions. The long-term salience of this discussion will be determined by the practicality of this … Continue reading
Yes, “Gig City’s” Public Broadband is Fast, but its Economic Future is Questionable
Executive Summary The impacts of Covid-19 will continue to elicit conversation about funding municipal broadband projects, so we must be aware of the long-term financial obligations associated with these programs. Chattanooga’s public broadband produces speeds much faster than the national average, but the economic responsibility looms far into the future. The financial structure of the Electric Power Board’s public broadband will be difficult to duplicate, so the Chattanooga program should not be used as … Continue reading
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