Darrell M. West

Comparing Google Bard with OpenAI’s ChatGPT on political bias, facts, and morality

Darrell M. West

Thursday, March 23, 2023

General view of the U.S. head office of TikTok in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

TikTok bans won’t guarantee consumer safety

Darrell M. West and Mishaela Robison

Thursday, February 16, 2023

FILE PHOTO: Autonomous robots assemble an X model SUV at the BMW manufacturing facility in Greer, South Carolina, U.S. November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File Photo

TechTank Episode 62: Is economic decoupling possible for the United States?

Melanie W. Sisson, Emily S. Weinstein, Darrell M. West, and Xavier Freeman-Edwards

Monday, January 30, 2023

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-CA., walks back to his office during the second week of the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. (Photo by Craig Hudson/Sipa USA) No Use Germany.

What to expect from a GOP House majority on big tech, broadband, China, and 5G

Nicol Turner Lee and Darrell M. West

Monday, January 23, 2023

FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addresses the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time after being elected speaker in a late night 15th round of voting on the fourth day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

TechTank Podcast Episode 61: What to expect for big tech, broadband, anti-trust, and other tech issues under the new Congress

Darrell M. West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Xavier Freeman-Edwards

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. is seen from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on July 13, 2022. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

TechTank Podcast Episode 60: Is it time to regulate social media platforms and search engines?

Darrell M. West, John Villasenor, and Mark MacCarthy

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

TechTank Podcast Episode 58: Twitter, Trump, and online speech

Nicol Turner Lee, Darrell M. West, and Tom Wheeler

Monday, November 28, 2022

An image of Elon Musk is seen next to Twitter logos

The future of Twitter: Four scenarios

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

An election worker wears stickers on election day in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

TechTank Podcast Episode 55: How to improve election security

Darrell M. West

Monday, October 17, 2022

May 14, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Japan's computer giant Fujitsu unveils a 300mm wafer which has the CPU chips with 48-core and 2-assistant core Arm architecture "A64FX" processor at Fujitsu's high-tech exhibition Fujitsu Forum 2019 in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Fujitsu and Riken are developing the government-backed next generation supercomputer called Post-K computer, 100 times greater performance of K computer. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) No Use China. No Use Taiwan. No Use Korea. No Use Japan.

TechTank Podcast Episode 54: Can AI developers be incentivized to debias their algorithms?

Darrell M. West and Nicol Turner Lee

Monday, October 3, 2022