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Anu Bradford

Anu Bradford

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Anu Bradford, Professor of Law and International Organization at Columbia Law School, is the author of Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology (Oxford University Press, 2023).

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  1. Whose AI Revolution?
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    Whose AI Revolution?

    Sep 1, 2023 Anu Bradford refutes the argument that democratic governments cannot regulate artificial intelligence effectively.

  2. Anu Bradford on Big Tech, AI, digital regulation, and more
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    Anu Bradford on Big Tech, AI, digital regulation, and more

    Jun 27, 2023 Anu Bradford highlights barriers to US tech regulation, explains why effective implementation of the EU’s AI Act is vital, shows how China is expanding its digital footprint globally, and more.

  3. A Reckoning for Big Tech?
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    A Reckoning for Big Tech?

    Dec 4, 2021 Anu Bradford charts the emergence of a global consensus in favor of regulatory action to rein in the industry's power.

  4. Europe’s Digital Future
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    Europe’s Digital Future

    May 21, 2021 Margrethe Vestager interviewed by Anu Bradford on the thinking behind the European Union's latest wave of digital regulations, and what comes next.

  5. The Brussels Effect on Sustainable Finance
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    The Brussels Effect on Sustainable Finance

    Apr 26, 2021 Kalin Anev Janse & Anu Bradford predict that a new European Union taxonomy for green investment will become a global standard.

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    How Liberals Lost America

    Andrés Velasco attributes Donald Trump’s return to power to Democrats’ embrace of both moral neutrality and moral preachiness.
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    Norway Should Cede Its War Windfall to Ukraine

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork say that the government's justifications for its war profiteering are disingenuous and short-sighted.
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    Is DeepSeek Really a Threat?

    Amar Bhidé

    If vindicated, DeepSeek’s technology could be to large language models what Nikola Tesla’s breakthroughs with alternating current were to electrification. While it cannot overcome the unavoidable limitations of backward-looking statistical models, it could make their price performance good enough for wider use.

    explains what a purported Chinese AI breakthrough does and does not mean for the industry.
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    What’s Wrong With Germany’s Economy?

    Michael Spence

    Germany became a European powerhouse partly because, in the early 2000s, its industrial sectors took over the highest-valued-added segments of global supply chains. Replicating this success today would require Germany to move to the forefront of the digital transformation, and it cannot do that without the EU.

    thinks the country’s prospects depend significantly on closing the digital-technology gap with the US and China.
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    When Companies Fail to Learn, They Learn to Fail

    Ricardo Hausmann explains how the inability to identify and address knowledge gaps can doom even the most promising projects.
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    How to Make Carbon Pricing Work for Africa

    Rim Berahab & Otaviano Canuto argue that policies must be structured to facilitate, not obstruct, the continent’s shift to renewables.
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    Green Free Trade in a Protectionist Age

    Ma Jun envisions regional arrangements that facilitate the exchange of climate-friendly goods and services.
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    Egypt’s Economic Crisis May Not Be Over

    Adnan Mazarei urges the international community to push for long-overdue governance and economic reforms.
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    Climate Displacement Is Also a Health Crisis

    Jayasree K. Iyer proposes a four-pronged strategy to ensure that essential medicines reach vulnerable populations.

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