Monthly Archives: April 2025

@MIT Sloan introduces us to the new term of art, “intelligent choice architectures.” Intelligent choice architectures are “AI systems that proactively participate in structuring and shaping strategic decisions.” What makes this so powerful? “their ability to actively learn from outcomes, seek information, and alter the options available to decision makers.”

Guess which country leads in innovation? If you guessed Switzerland, you are correct. Sweden is 2nd. The U.S. is third. WIPO’s GII 2024 results

@techcrunch reports that OpenAI is complaining that saying please and thank you to their AI costs them millions. These are smart people, right? So why not program the AI to ignore please and thank you? What kind of a society are we if there is no please and thank you- that’s like the barest of […]

A new report from Semperis, an identity security and cyber resilience company, found that 62% of water and power operators in the United States and the United Kingdom have been targeted by cyberattacks in the past year, 80% of which have been targeted multiple times. 59% of those surveyed confirmed that cyber criminals sponsored by […]

Pennsylvania Legislature is considering making it a criminal offense to use a tracking device to track someone. HB 407 (2025 | PA) Similar laws have been enacted in Ohio; Florida; and according to NCSL 11 states have created criminal offense for tracking devises. Route Fifty } PA House passes bill creating criminal offense for tracking […]

An Arkansas judge struck down the state’s social media law that restricts kids social media use and verifies the ages of all account holders. The judge found the law unconstitutional as it violates residents’ First Amendment rights by restricting speech without being tailored narrowly to serve a “compelling government interest.”  Route Fifty | Judge strikes […]

Let’s take a look at some fresh words that are used to describe crypto mining or data center needs: proofing — the solving of math problems in crypto mining currency mining — a rebrand that could sound prettier Route Fifty | Legislators propose bills to back data centers, legislate blockchain technology

Add Ohio to the list of states seeking to prohibit the use of AI in healthcare decisions. SB 164 (2025 | OH) ” would provide transparency for patients on the use of AI by health insurers by making sure there is human oversight on whether or not someone receives health coverage.”  The bill author wants accountability for […]

R Street says that if we want to look for a way to regulate AI without impeding innovation look to Virginia and Texas. 900 bills regulating AI have been proposed in 2025. Virginia Governor vetoed HB 2094 because its “rigid framework fails to account for the rapidly evolving and fast-moving nature of the AI industry […]

Last week we talked about agentic AI. Let’s peruse what the CEO of Signal (yeah… that Signal), Meredith Whittaker, says about agentic AI. She says we should be concerned about privacy. To do what it says it can do, it will need access to all aspects of your data- your contacts, your credit cards, your […]