Schumer’s AI Vision

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) launched an effort Wednesday at CSIS to write new rules for the emerging realm of artificial intelligence, aiming to accelerate U.S. innovation while staving off a dystopian future, as the WSJ reports.

Long Way to Go on Inflation

Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, told House lawmakers that the United States remains a “long way” away from low and stable inflation even 15 months into the central bank’s campaign to cool the economy and wrestle down rapid price increases, as the NYT reports.

EU Agrees to New Sanctions on Russia

European Union countries on Wednesday agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine aimed at countering sanctions circumvention through third countries and businesses, as the AP reports.

Executive Education

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Video Shorts

Check out CSIS’s new series of video shorts: "Asked & Answered," “The Recap,” “Data Unpacked,” “Testify,” “What's Happening,” “Preview,” and “High Resolution.” And don’t forget to subscribe to the CSIS YouTube Channel!

In That Number

6.2

The Pentagon has uncovered a significant accounting error that led it to overvalue the amount of military equipment it sent to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last year — by $6.2 billion.

Source: The Washington Post

Critical Quote

“Congress must join the AI revolution.”

—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

iDeas Lab

Last month, CSIS's Daniel Runde testified before the House Financial Services Committee on international financial institutions in an age of great power competition. Runde discusses what he told Congress, in about 2 minutes.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.

Optics

(Photo credit: CSIS.) On Wednesday, June 21, 2023, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer joined CSIS to launch his plan in the Senate to protect, expand, and harness AI’s potential.

This Town Tomorrow

At 10:00 a.m., the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program hosts a discussion on accelerating the federal government to the cloud.

Later, at 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Americas Program holds a conversation on building the North American semiconductor corridor.

Also at 3:00 p.m., the CSIS Korea Chair hosts Sydney Seiler, the U.S. Intelligence Community's National Intelligence Officer for North Korea, for a discussion on the U.S.-ROK alliance and deterrence against the growing North Korea threat.

Video

Today, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer launched his SAFE Innovation in the AI Age framework at CSIS, outlining his plan in the Senate to protect, expand, and harness AI's potential. Watch the full video here.

Podcasts

CSIS's Bonny Lin is joined by Professor Xin Qiang and Professor Dennis Wilder to discuss how the U.S. and China could manage potential crises from elevated military activities as tensions between the two countries are at a new high.

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

While Bobby Weir and Mickey Hart are out on tour with Dead & Company, let’s check in on another Grateful Dead original, Phil Lesh. A few days ago to mark Father’s Day, Phil and his son Grahame performed a few tunes and recorded a podcast at solar-powered eTown Hall in Boulder, Colorado.

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The Evening is my daily guide to key insights CSIS brings to the events of the day. It is composed with the External Relations team: Paige Montfort, Claire Dannenbaum, and Ava Rose.