Tools, Skills, and Culture: Unpacking Global Trends in Public Sector AI Adoption
AI is reshaping how the public sector operates, with public servants in many countries already using AI tools in their day-to-day work. But the depth, quality, and consistency of adoption…
Center for Data Innovation > Report10 Bits: The Data News Hotlist
This week’s roundup of top data news highlights from January 24, 2026, to January 30, 2026, includes VR tools that let students interact with Holocaust survivor testimonies and smartphone-based AI…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportThree Ways the EU’s Payment Sovereignty Strategy Undermines European Consumers
The Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Aurore Lalucq, delivered a speech this week lamenting that “almost all our payment systems today are American,” worrying…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportQuantifying Biodiversity from Global Crop Trade
Researchers at the Guangdong University of Technology in China have released a dataset that links global trade in major staple crops like wheat, soybean, rice, and maize with data on…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportHow the Brussels Effect Hinders Innovation in the Global South
The European Union prides itself on its ability to set global policy through regulatory action, a phenomenon known as the Brussels Effect. The Brussels Effect has shaped regulation across sectors…
Center for Data InnovationEU Digital Rules Act as Regulatory Imperialism in Global South, New Report Concludes
BRUSSELS—The European Union’s expanding digital regulatory model is hindering innovation and technology adoption across the Global South, imposing costly compliance burdens that disproportionately affect developing economies and local firms, according…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportMapping Health Care Access in Australia
Researchers at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have created a set of visualizations that reveal how far people must drive to reach essential healthcare services, such as hospitals…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportAdvancing Multilateral AI Partnerships: A Pre-Summit Event for 2026 AI Impact Summit
Ahead of the2026 AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the Center for Data Innovation and The Dialogue are convening an official pre-summit event in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2026.…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportThe India AI Impact Summit Is An Opportunity to Clarify the Role of Allies in the U.S. AI Strategy
When global leaders land in New Delhi this February for the India AI Impact Summit—the next major global convening on AI policy—many will arrive with the same question for the…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportCapturing Real-Time Patient-Clinician Interactions
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have launched Observer, a multimodal medical dataset derived from anonymized recordings of real-world patient–clinician interactions in primary care. The dataset links video, audio, and…
Center for Data Innovation > Report5 Q’s with Fernando Yu, Co-founder of Suyana
The Center for Data Innovation recently spoke with Fernando Yu, co-founder of Suyana, a Massachusetts-based company that is using satellite imagery and machine learning models to provide climate risk insurance.…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportTraining AI Models to Transfer Knowledge Across Physical Systems
Researchers at the Flatiron Institute, a New York–based scientific research institute, and Polymathic AI, which develops AI models for scientific research, have built two physics-driven foundation models. Much like large…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportNew York’s AI Safety Law Claims National Alignment but Delivers Fragmentation
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new AI safety law in the final weeks of December, arguing that it aligns with California’s approach and moves the United States closer…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportHow Yesterday’s Web-Crawling Policies Will Shape Tomorrow’s AI Leadership
Should AI models be allowed to train on personal information that is publicly available on the Internet? How countries answer this question will have significant implications for their global leadership…
Center for Data Innovation > ReportEurope’s ePrivacy Reforms Are Too Late—and Too Small
The European Commission recently unveiled long-overdue proposals to address persistent frustrations with the ePrivacy Directive, the EU’s framework for electronic communications privacy. Adopted in 2002 and updated in 2009, the…
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