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The Lawfare Podcast: Bridget Dooling and Mark Febrizio on Robotic Rulemaking
Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With At the core of the regulatory state is the notice and comment process. Agencies propose what they're going to do, the public gets to comment, and agencies have to respond to those comments. It's an imperfect system, to be sure, but it's fundamental to making sure that agencies act with good information and with democratic legitimacy.
A discussion of the Office of Management and Budget’s updated benefit-cost guidelines
Twitter Join the conversation on Twitter using #OMB On Wednesday, April 12, the Brookings Institution Center on Regulation and Markets and the Niskanen Center will jointly host a conversation with Richard Revesz, administrator of the U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), and Zachary Liscow, chief economist of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Robotic rulemaking
As it has rocketed to some 100 million active users in record time, ChatGPT is provoking conversations about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in drafting written materials such as student exams, news articles, legal pleadings, poems, and more. The chatbot, developed by OpenAI, relies on a large language model (LLM) to respond to user-submitted requests, or “prompts” as they are known.
Comparing Google Bard with OpenAI’s ChatGPT on political bias, facts, and morality
One of the hottest technology developments is generative artificial intelligence (AI) that can respond creatively to human inquiries. The technology uses large language models to generate text answers, images, videos, or code, among other things. Many journalistic and academic evaluations have focused on AI capabilities, such as what these algorithms can do and whether they can add large numbers, solve problems, be creative, or analyze complex moral dilemmas.
Will ChatGPT Break Notice and Comment for Regulations?
Download this commentary (PDF) ChatGPT Transcripts (.RTF): January 10, 2023 | December 8, 2022 Listen to Podcast In brief... ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool based on a large language model, has the potential to affect the notice-and-comment process for rulemaking. This commentary considers how ChatGPT might be used to generate public comments and explains the existing safeguards for submitting public comments that prevent the system from being overwhelmed.
DOE Regulations Mandate Dishwashers that Don’t Wash Well
While IER has frequently highlighted the negative aspects of high-profile EPA regulations, the Obama administration is also working on a number of smaller regulations that will impact the everyday lives of American families. One example is the Department of Energy’s proposed rule on residential dishwashers.
Tracking Regulatory Activity through Trends in Federal Budgets
Download this Commentary (PDF) Measuring regulation is a frequently tried but challenging task. Academic studies have used both page counts and restrictive word counts in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to approximate the amount of regulation. Our Reg Stats page documents additional options for assessing the quantity of regulation.
Accounting for regulatory reform under Executive Order 13771
Editor's Note: This report is part of the Series on Regulatory Process and Perspective and was produced by the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets. The authors did not receive financial support from any firm or person for this article or from any firm or person with a financial or political interest in this article. None of the authors are currently an officer, director, or board member of any organization with a financial or political interest in this article.
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