News
AI growth acceleration versus distributional fairness
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (868+ words) This background'briefing'guide was distributed to participants ahead of'the Forum for Cooperation on AI dialogue on March 31, 2026.'A short summary'of the'conversation is included at the bottom of the piece.'FCAI dialogues follow Chatham House rule, so remarks are anonymized. The tension…...
What does successful innovation in headline economic statistics look like?
9+ hour, 54+ min ago (150+ words) Before evaluating the success of a particular innovation, we must agree on what success means. Any proposed innovation should be judged against four core values of proper data governance. These four values pull against each other. For example, making data…...
How boys pull ahead in math from kindergarten to fifth grade
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (233+ words) If this theory held true, we would expect boys to fall further behind girls over the course of the school year as instruction accumulates. However, when we look closely at a novel data set of K-5 student achievement, a different story…...
Self-building benchmarks: Using AI-generated exams to understand LLM work capabilities
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (43+ words) This is a'Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets'working paper. Download the full working paper Konrad Kording, Ioana Marinescu Martin Neil Baily, David M. Byrne, Aidan T. Kane, Paul E. Soto Malihe Alikhani, Sabit Hassan Nicol Turner Lee, Tim Wu Kyra Wilson, Aylin Caliskan...
What does the erosion of trust in data mean for equity in policymaking?
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (197+ words) The experts we have spoken with have identified that there will be consequences associated with the shift in how data is managed by the federal government." Still, there are a number of steps that can be taken to address the…...
Data Integrity
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (50+ words) Lauren Bauer, Ellis Chen, Manann Donoghoe, William G. Gale, Carol Graham, Joseph W. Kane, Jonathan Katz, Aaron Klein, Tracy Hadden Loh, Elena Patel, Ren'e Rippberger, John Sabelhaus, Hannah Stephens, Darrell M. West, Vanessa Williamson Emily Araujo, David Wessel Gabriel R. Sanchez, Keon L. Gilbert, Camille…...