Jim Dempsey

Aug 30, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Jim Dempsey

The Legal Cornerstone: IEEPAMany of the executive branch’s efforts to address cybersecurity rely on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). First adopted in 1977, IEEPA is available whenever the president declares there is a national emergency due to “any unusual and extraordinary threat,” which has its source outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States.

Jun 21, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Jim Dempsey |Susan Landau

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With In October 2023, President Biden issued an executive order on the safe and responsible development and use of artificial intelligence (AI).

Apr 8, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Jim Dempsey |John Carlin |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With There is a lot to keep up with in U.S. cybersecurity law and policy these days. To talk about the current regulatory landscape and the progression of the DOJ’s strategy relating to takedown and disruption efforts, Lawfare Senior Editor Stephanie Pell sat down with Jim Dempsey, Senior Policy Advisor at the Stanford Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance, and John Carlin, Partner at Paul Weiss.

Apr 3, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Eugenia Lostri |Jim Dempsey |Ece Kamar |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With The use of AI to make decisions about individuals raises the issue of contestability. When automated systems are used by governments to decide whether to grant or deny benefits, or calculate medical needs, the affected person has a right to know why that decision was made, and challenge it. But what does meaningful contestability of AI systems look like in practice?

Mar 11, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Jim Dempsey |Susan Landau

In an October 2023 executive order, President Biden drew a highly detailed but largely aspirational road map for the safe and responsible development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). The executive order’s premise that AI “holds extraordinary potential for both promise and peril” is perhaps nowhere more clearly manifested than in efforts currently well underway to adopt AI and other advanced technologies in the administration of government programs.