Pre-Approval for AI Models Would Slow Innovation Without Improving Safety
Concerns about advanced AI models—particularly systems such as Claude Mythos—are driving renewed calls in Washington to require government review before companies can release frontier models. These concerns center largely on…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportTracking Forest Loss
The New York Times has created a visual tracking global forest loss, measured by area cleared or burned and separating intentional deforestation, such as logging and land clearing, from fire-driven…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMapping Mineral Exports
U.S.-based research institute Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs has created a dataset mapping how more than 100 commodities, including oil, uranium, and metals, move from extraction to export across…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportFrance’s Digital Sovereignty Push Prioritizes Protectionism Over Productivity
France’s Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM)—the central body that sets digital policy across the French civil service—announced on 8 April 2026 that it is migrating its own workstations from Windows to…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from April 25, 2026, to May 1, 2026, featuring an AI system capable of reconstructing faces from ancient human remains, and new humanoid…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportExamining Great Ape Cognition
Researchers at the Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center in Leipzig, Germany, have created a dataset on great ape cognition called EVApeCognition. Compiled from 262 datasets across 150 studies, the dataset…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportStates Are Targeting the Wrong Problem in Grocery Pricing
A container of strawberries nearing expiration is discounted, allowing a customer to save money while the store reduces food waste. A supply shock—such as avian flu—drives up egg costs, and…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportJapan’s Draft AI IP Code Misses the Mark, Undermining US Alignment
Japan has spent years building a well-earned reputation as one of the world’s most thoughtfully calibrated AI regulatory regimes. Its AI Promotion Act, enacted in 2025, is explicitly pro-innovation, and…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Emilia Helin, Product Director of IXI
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Emilia Helin, Product Director of IXI, a Finland-based company developing autofocusing eyeglasses. Helin explained how the glasses respond to eye movements and…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from April 11, 2026, to April 17, 2026, featuring a wearable AI-powered collar that interprets pet behavior and vocalizations and California’s statewide database…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportTracking Car Break-Ins
The San Francisco Chronicle has created an interactive map that shows where and when car break-ins occur across the city. Drawing on reports from the San Francisco Police Department, it…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMonitoring Mental Health
Researchers at India’s National Centre for Biological Sciences have created a large‑scale dataset for studying mental‑health conditions called CALM‑Brain. The data contains brain scans, genetic data, cognitive‑test results, and anonymized…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Antonella Magginoi, CEO of Agrow Analytics
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Antonella Magginoi, CEO of Agrow Analytics, a Spain‑based company using an AI‑powered platform that integrates satellite data, field sensors, and computer vision…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportFederal Government Should Partner With Frontier AI Labs on Cybersecurity Defense
Artificial intelligence (AI) creates two sets of cybersecurity risks: cyber risks in the AI systems themselves, and cyber risks from AI tools used to exploit non-AI systems. The U.S. government…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of data news highlights from April 4, 2026, to April 10, 2026, featuring a robotic guide dog that communicates with visually impaired users to help them navigate…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportFive Concerns About AI Data Centers, and What to Do AboutThem
For decades, data centers were the quiet, reliable engines of the information economy, operating in the background of global commerce and daily life. But with the rise of artificial intelligence…
Center for Data InnovationAI Data Centers Aren’t the Problem—Outdated Policy Frameworks Are, New Report Finds
WASHINGTON—Concerns about the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are widely misdiagnosed, leading to ineffective policy responses, according to a new report from the Center for Data Innovation.…
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