Adam Thierer
@adamthierer.bsky.social
innovation policy analyst at R Street Institute. Author of "Permissionless Innovation" (2016) & "Evasive Entrepreneurs" (2020).
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Excited to announce the launch of @lawfaremedia.org's new AI podcast, Scaling Laws. Our first episode is a conversation with @hlntnr.bsky.social and @adamthierer.bsky.social on the failed attempt to pass a federal moratorium on state AI regulations. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...
Scaling Laws: The AI Moratorium Goes Down in Flames
The inaugural episode of Scaling Laws, a new podcast to make sense of the AI revolution.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Excited to announce the launch of @lawfaremedia.org's new AI podcast, Scaling Laws. Our first episode is a conversation with @hlntnr.bsky.social and @adamthierer.bsky.social on the failed attempt to pass a federal moratorium on state AI regulations. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/scal...
I was honored to be a guest on the inaugural episode of “Scaling Laws,” a new podcast from Lawfare & UT Law school covering the nexus of AI, law & policy. It’s co-hosted by Alan Rozenshtein & Kevin T. Frazier. We discussed the failure of the AI moratorium. Listen:
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Scaling Laws
Government Podcast · Updated weekly · Scaling Laws explores (and occasionally answers) the questions that keep OpenAI’s policy team up at night, the ones that motivate legislators to host hearings on ...
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July 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I was honored to be a guest on the inaugural episode of “Scaling Laws,” a new podcast from Lawfare & UT Law school covering the nexus of AI, law & policy. It’s co-hosted by Alan Rozenshtein & Kevin T. Frazier. We discussed the failure of the AI moratorium. Listen:
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I've testified at 3 different AI policy hearings over the past 3 months. Each one on a different subtopic. Here's what I learned at each hearing about where AI policy in Congress stands currently.
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Reflections on Three AI Hearings from the Past Three Months - R Street Institute
Artificial intelligence (AI) activity is heating up again in Congress, with committees holding hearings to investigate various AI policy issues. Over the past three months, I have testified on behalf ...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I've testified at 3 different AI policy hearings over the past 3 months. Each one on a different subtopic. Here's what I learned at each hearing about where AI policy in Congress stands currently.
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The proposed AI regulatory moratorium has generated intense debate in Congress, media, and policy circles. I have created a compendium that lists major media coverage of the proposal, as well as supporting and opposing perspectives. I will update as I find more.
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AI Regulatory Moratorium: A Compendium of Perspectives
[Last updated 5/30/25]
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May 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The proposed AI regulatory moratorium has generated intense debate in Congress, media, and policy circles. I have created a compendium that lists major media coverage of the proposal, as well as supporting and opposing perspectives. I will update as I find more.
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In just the first four months of this year, state legislators across the country have introduced thousand artificial intelligence bills. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @adamthierer.bsky.social argue that to encourage an innovative national AI marketplace, Congress needs to preempt these regulations.
1,000 AI Bills: Time for Congress to Get Serious About Preemption
If this growing patchwork of parochial regulatory policies takes root, it could undermine U.S. AI innovation.
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May 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In just the first four months of this year, state legislators across the country have introduced thousand artificial intelligence bills. @kevintfrazier.bsky.social and @adamthierer.bsky.social argue that to encourage an innovative national AI marketplace, Congress needs to preempt these regulations.
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On Lawfare Daily, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @adamthierer.bsky.social about public comments submitted in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Request for Information on the AI Action Plan. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
On Lawfare Daily, @kevintfrazier.bsky.social spoke to @adamthierer.bsky.social about public comments submitted in response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Request for Information on the AI Action Plan. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...
Major state AI policy developments in Virginia and Texas over a 10-day stretch. I write about the implications in my latest @rstreet.bsky.social essay:
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Texas & Virginia Steer States Away from European-Style AI Regulation - R Street Institute
This analysis is in response to breaking news. It will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the scholar. New developments in Virginia and Texas signal how the debate over artificial...
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March 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Major state AI policy developments in Virginia and Texas over a 10-day stretch. I write about the implications in my latest @rstreet.bsky.social essay:
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Here is my R Street Institute filing in the administration’s AI Action Plan proceeding in which we outline a vision for advancing an AI Opportunity Agenda for America.
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Comments of the R Street Institute in Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan - R Street Institute
Office of Science and Technology Policy 2415 Eisenhower Ave. Alexandria, VA 22314 ostp-ai-rfostp-ai-rfi@nitrd.govi@nitrd.gov Re: Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligenc...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Here is my R Street Institute filing in the administration’s AI Action Plan proceeding in which we outline a vision for advancing an AI Opportunity Agenda for America.
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appeared on Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's "So to Speak“ podcast to discuss continuing efforts by the FCC, FTC, and the states to regulate free speech in the age of AI. Nico Perrino hosted + Jennifer Huddleston & Ari Cohn were also guests.
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Ep. 237: A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more
Does a cat stand on two legs or four?
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March 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
appeared on Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's "So to Speak“ podcast to discuss continuing efforts by the FCC, FTC, and the states to regulate free speech in the age of AI. Nico Perrino hosted + Jennifer Huddleston & Ari Cohn were also guests.
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Walter Mead recently noted how “the MAGA-populist/tech-lord coalition is a volatile one, and keeping it together will be taxing.” In a new article, I discuss some ways the alliance may fall apart sooner than you think:
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Can Trump Hold the Tech Right and Populist Right Together?
Maybe, but it isn’t going to be easy
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February 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Walter Mead recently noted how “the MAGA-populist/tech-lord coalition is a volatile one, and keeping it together will be taxing.” In a new article, I discuss some ways the alliance may fall apart sooner than you think:
www.discoursemagazine.com/p/can-trump-...
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an important day in the world of AI policy with a sea change in US approach underway both domestically and internationally. I discuss in my latest essay:
"Vice President JD Vance Resets the Global AI Agenda with Paris AI Action Summit Address"
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"Vice President JD Vance Resets the Global AI Agenda with Paris AI Action Summit Address"
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Vice President JD Vance Resets the Global AI Agenda with Paris AI Action Summit Address - R Street Institute
This analysis is in response to breaking news and will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the author. Today in France, Vice President JD Vance delivered a powerful keynote address...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
an important day in the world of AI policy with a sea change in US approach underway both domestically and internationally. I discuss in my latest essay:
"Vice President JD Vance Resets the Global AI Agenda with Paris AI Action Summit Address"
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"Vice President JD Vance Resets the Global AI Agenda with Paris AI Action Summit Address"
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The UK is coming after encryption and it’s time for the U.S. govt to make a stand, including a law prohibiting American tech companies from providing encryption backdoors to any country as Matthew Green & Alex Stamos write in this important new WSJ oped:
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Opinion | U.K. Kicks Apple’s Door Open for China
Beijing would quickly exploit the British order to allow access to encrypted data.
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February 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The UK is coming after encryption and it’s time for the U.S. govt to make a stand, including a law prohibiting American tech companies from providing encryption backdoors to any country as Matthew Green & Alex Stamos write in this important new WSJ oped:
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New! Latest piece from Dr Keegan McBride, @oiioxford.bsky.social and @adamthierer.bsky.social, R Street Institute, writing for @lawfare.bsky.social discussing the limitations of international agreements.
Rapid advances in AI has led many governments to push for AI safety treaties. Keegan McBride and @adamthierer.bsky.social argue that joining these treaties could limit the U.S.'s ability to maintain its technological dominance and impact its long-term interests and national security.
The Trouble With AI Safety Treaties
The key to global AI safety is continued American leadership in AI innovation, not more international treaties.
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January 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New! Latest piece from Dr Keegan McBride, @oiioxford.bsky.social and @adamthierer.bsky.social, R Street Institute, writing for @lawfare.bsky.social discussing the limitations of international agreements.
Lawfare has just published my long essay with Keegan McBride of Oxford University on why the US should be careful about signing on to global AI safety treaties that would undermine our national interests.
This is timely with Paris "AI Action Summit" coming up.
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This is timely with Paris "AI Action Summit" coming up.
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The Trouble With AI Safety Treaties
The key to global AI safety is continued American leadership in AI innovation, not more international treaties.
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January 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lawfare has just published my long essay with Keegan McBride of Oxford University on why the US should be careful about signing on to global AI safety treaties that would undermine our national interests.
This is timely with Paris "AI Action Summit" coming up.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
This is timely with Paris "AI Action Summit" coming up.
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On Lawfare Daily, Kevin Frazier spoke to @adamthierer.bsky.social about a detailed report issued by the Bipartisan House Task Force on AI, counterarguments to his concern that the report did not adequately address the developing patchwork of state AI regulations, and more.
Lawfare Daily: Adam Thierer on the Bipartisan House Task Force on AI’s Report
What was in the House Task Force's AI report?
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December 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
On Lawfare Daily, Kevin Frazier spoke to @adamthierer.bsky.social about a detailed report issued by the Bipartisan House Task Force on AI, counterarguments to his concern that the report did not adequately address the developing patchwork of state AI regulations, and more.
It was my pleasure to join the @lawfare.bsky.social daily podcast on short notice to discuss the ramifications of the new 270-page report from Bipartisan House Task Force on AI with Kevin Frazier.
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Lawfare Daily: Adam Thierer on the Bipartisan House Task Force on AI’s Report | The Lawfare Podcast
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December 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
It was my pleasure to join the @lawfare.bsky.social daily podcast on short notice to discuss the ramifications of the new 270-page report from Bipartisan House Task Force on AI with Kevin Frazier.
Listen here:
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Listen here:
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we adopted these 2 shelter cats during Christmas time 4 and 2 years, respectively. And they still love hanging out under the tree!
Lots of animals out there need a good home. Go to your local shelter and give them and yourself a great Christmas gift!
Lots of animals out there need a good home. Go to your local shelter and give them and yourself a great Christmas gift!
December 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM
we adopted these 2 shelter cats during Christmas time 4 and 2 years, respectively. And they still love hanging out under the tree!
Lots of animals out there need a good home. Go to your local shelter and give them and yourself a great Christmas gift!
Lots of animals out there need a good home. Go to your local shelter and give them and yourself a great Christmas gift!
my thoughts on the big new House AI Task Force report...
"The House AI Task Force Report: Positive Steps, but One Big Problem"
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"The House AI Task Force Report: Positive Steps, but One Big Problem"
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The House AI Task Force Report: Positive Steps, but One Big Problem
On December 17th, the Bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) released its long-awaited final report, which weighed in at a hefty 273 pages and included 66 key findings and 85…
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December 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
my thoughts on the big new House AI Task Force report...
"The House AI Task Force Report: Positive Steps, but One Big Problem"
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"The House AI Task Force Report: Positive Steps, but One Big Problem"
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event video: "AI Policy in President Trump's Second Term" - a Fed Soc webinar featuring Kevin Frazier, Neil Chilson, Satya Thallam, & me.
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AI Policy In President Trump's Second Term
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December 14, 2024 at 1:33 PM
event video: "AI Policy in President Trump's Second Term" - a Fed Soc webinar featuring Kevin Frazier, Neil Chilson, Satya Thallam, & me.
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really inspiring remarks by Rep. Jay Obernolte today at Cato event about the best vision for the U.S. on AI and digital technology policy. Countering the negativism with a principled, pragmatic national framework for American AI leadership. 👉
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December 6, 2024 at 4:18 AM
really inspiring remarks by Rep. Jay Obernolte today at Cato event about the best vision for the U.S. on AI and digital technology policy. Countering the negativism with a principled, pragmatic national framework for American AI leadership. 👉
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here's a comprehensive overview of what the new Republican Congress might do on tech policy. This excellent @techpolicypress.bsky.social article by @gabbymiller.bsky.social touches all the bases: AI, antitrust, free speech, privacy, nat'l security & more. 👉
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Republicans Won The House and Senate. Here’s What A GOP Congress Could Mean for Tech Policy. | TechPolicy.Press
A new governing trifecta is set to reshape the tech policy agenda in Washington, reports staff writer Gabby Miller.
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November 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
here's a comprehensive overview of what the new Republican Congress might do on tech policy. This excellent @techpolicypress.bsky.social article by @gabbymiller.bsky.social touches all the bases: AI, antitrust, free speech, privacy, nat'l security & more. 👉
www.techpolicy.press/republicans-...
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"AI Policy in the Trump Administration and Congress after the 2024 Elections"
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AI Policy in the Trump Administration and Congress after the 2024 Elections - R Street Institute
This analysis is in response to breaking news and it will be updated. Please contact pr@rstreet.org to speak with the author. Tuesday’s elections signaled a major shift in American politics that will ...
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November 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
"AI Policy in the Trump Administration and Congress after the 2024 Elections"
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AI and Public Health, Part 3: How AI Can Revolutionize Drug Discovery
This is latest installment in my running series about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science are improving health outcomes.
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This is latest installment in my running series about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science are improving health outcomes.
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AI and Public Health, Part 3: How AI Can Revolutionize Drug Discovery - R Street Institute
This R Street series considers how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems are advancing medical capabilities and health outcomes. Previous installments explored how AI/ML syste...
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November 1, 2024 at 11:08 AM
AI and Public Health, Part 3: How AI Can Revolutionize Drug Discovery
This is latest installment in my running series about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science are improving health outcomes.
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This is latest installment in my running series about how artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science are improving health outcomes.
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the 1st edition of my book, "Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom," came out 10 years ago this year. Here are the first 5 pages if you've never read it.
Keep up the fight for freedom!
Keep up the fight for freedom!
November 1, 2024 at 11:04 AM
the 1st edition of my book, "Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom," came out 10 years ago this year. Here are the first 5 pages if you've never read it.
Keep up the fight for freedom!
Keep up the fight for freedom!
“Texas Should Reject the European Path Toward AI Regulation” – Here’s my first look at the troubling new ‘Texas Responsible AI Governance Act,’ a sweeping regulatory proposal that would impose EU-style mandates on algorithmic systems.
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November 1, 2024 at 11:01 AM
“Texas Should Reject the European Path Toward AI Regulation” – Here’s my first look at the troubling new ‘Texas Responsible AI Governance Act,’ a sweeping regulatory proposal that would impose EU-style mandates on algorithmic systems.
www.rstreet.org/commentary/t...
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