The AI Race Is a Clash of Mythologies
The US-China AI race is usually framed as a contest of compute and capabilities. The deeper divergence is mythological: America’s frontier logic versus China’s rejuvenation narrative. W…
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Student and Faculty Stances on AI’s Role in Higher Ed
Our June’s Public Insight newsletter discusses latest data on how students and faculty view AI’s role in higher education.
The AI College: How One For-Profit School Substituted Instructors with a Chatbot
An inside look at AI-powered Maestro University exposes a pattern of policy failures, potential legal violations, and widespread frustration among students—acting as a warning sign for higher educa…
Nothing About Us Without Us Can Actually Raise Us
The key question is whether we learn from deindustrialization and treat this moment as a chance to reimagine the economy: to build, and in some cases rebuild, institution…
Shaping AI from the Middle
Caught between the U.S. and China, middle powers and small states have a third option: each other
The Shangri-La Series: AI for Middle Powers
For too long, AI governance has been driven by a few. The global majority has been primarily on the margins. New America is creating spaces to change that.
The Case for Real-Time Housing Permits
Entrepreneur Robbie Leer makes the case for AI-supported permitting as an underleveraged solution to housing supply shortages.
AI Cybersecurity After the Executive Order: What’s Next?
Director of New America’s Open Technology Institute Prem Trivedi unpacks the White House’s June 2 Executive Order on security reviews of frontier models.
