The FTC’s tools for tackling digital challenges, a new Middle Eastern order, and how AI might affect the productivity of U.S. workers.
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The Brookings Brief

May 11, 2023

A phone with ChatGPT prompts and another phone with Google trending searches displayed on their screens
Machines of mind: The case for an AI-powered productivity boom
 

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems can write well-crafted sentences, create computer code, summarize articles, brainstorm ideas, and much more. How might this groundbreaking technology affect the productivity of U.S. workers? A new report from Martin Neil Baily, Erik Brynjolfsson, and Anton Korinek explores what’s at stake.

 

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The opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters to discuss Syria
Syria’s normalization signals a new Middle Eastern order
 

This week, the Arab League voted to reinstate Syria’s membership, ending the suspension it imposed in 2011 in response to Bashar al-Assad’s violent repression of peaceful protests. The vote marks a turning point in the normalization of the Assad regime and in regional security architecture more broadly, writes Steven Heydemann.

 

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Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan prepares for a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing
Are the Federal Trade Commission’s tools strong enough for digital challenges?
 

“21st century Americans deserve better than 20th century solutions. At a time when other western democracies are stepping up to protect their citizens’ digital rights, the United States needs its own set of digital protection tools—whether beefing up the FTC’s authority or creating a new, focused digital agency,” argues Tom Wheeler.

 

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