I wrote a piece on my new rebranded Substack, Cloud Nine, on the importance of CalCompute (public computing initiative created by the passage of California SB53) and the importance of getting it right – by preventing industry capture & ensuring it is governed in an environmentally sustainable manner

Great article by @megafreda.bsky.social! Thanks for the shoutout for my cloud work w/ @openmarkets.bsky.social (w/ @maxvonthun.bsky.social and @danielahanley.bsky.social)

Authored a piece with @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social, @nickgarcia.bsky.social, and @elisephillips.bsky.social on the urgent need for the cloud to be a public utility. We're forming a coalition of state legislators who won't let such crucial infrastructure remain under Big Tech control - join us today!

Excited to have another article out on @techpolicypress.bsky.social about the cloud and what the EU can do to challenge Big Tech dominance, including investing in a cloud marketplace and treating the cloud as a public utility.

🚨 New Report: “Engineering the Cloud Commons” 🚨 Today @openmarkets.bsky.social published a major new report, co-authored by myself and colleagues, on regulating and restructuring the critical cloud infrastructure currently dominated by Big Tech 🧵 www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Growing market concentration in cloud computing undermines the goals of resilient, open and fair digital infrastructure on which we're building AI and more. Join our webinar next Thursday to how to address it: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

And the head of the US Copyright Office was fired the next day after the long-anticipated release of this report, which confirmed what everyone already knew: that AI companies are violating the fair use doctrine.

The EU is set to finalise the rules that will govern advanced AI. 🧐 New research together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social reveals: ⚠️ Big Tech enjoys privileged access to drafting the Code of Practice on General-Purpose AI ⚠️ A glaring conflict of interest 👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/c...

The White House OMB recently released a memorandum providing guidance on procurement of AI. Although more focused on American AI leadership than the previous memo, notably, it directs agencies to avoid vendor lock-in and to be able to regularly evaluate performance, risks, and effectiveness.

"Responsible research means that you are open about the capabilities of the system. If this was a plane, we wouldn’t say: bring this to market ASAP, we will look into safety later. With genAI there’s an attitude of putting it out there & worrying & fixing issues later" fortune.com/2025/04/09/g...

DOGE has arrived at the FTC

Directly elected judges are not a good idea. But let us take our pleasures when we can. The winning judge’s speech is a boon you need at this otherwise dreadful time. If things turn, this is how they start.

ICYMI: "Meta’s Foray Into Undersea Cables Raises Questions Over Critical Infrastructure," by our tech policy fellow @michellenie.bsky.social: 🌊🌊 www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

The FTC's outrageous assault on consumer protection wipes out 4 years of critical information on AI oversight and landmark privacy cases against #BigTech, making Americans less safe and putting corporate interests before the public interest.

The tech coup continues ↘️ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/t...

Barry Lynn's statement on Trump's illegal, unconstitutional attempt to fire FTC Commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter. "[H]e has chosen to put the interests of the oligarch and all-powerful corporation first, and the interests of every other American last."

FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya: "This opens the door for a law enforcement apparatus that is controlled not by the law, but by money." Absolutely right.

President Trump’s illegal, unconstitutional attempt to fire FTC Cmrs. Slaughter & Bedoya makes abundantly clear that he is not interested in protecting the liberty & economic wellbeing of the American people... www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

They are weaponizing the FTC, an independent, bipartisan agency, and this is an outrage. www.wired.com/story/federa...

🚨 New publication alert 🚨 Europe needs to double down, not back down in response to brazen efforts by Big Tech and the US government to overthrow its digital sovereignty. In a new report by @openmarkets.bsky.social, @epc-official.bsky.social and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, we set out how. 1/5 🧵

Recent high-profile exits from frontier AI labs highlight the urgent need for better whistleblower protections. My latest for AI Policy Bulletin examines current laws in the US, EU & UK and how they can be adapted for AI workers facing unique industry challenges and career risks.

Proud to have contributed to this submission with @cjl4news.bsky.social and @openmarkets.bsky.social to urge the UK government to prioritize its flourishing creative industries over the profits of the AI industry.

Stop calling him (Vice) President Musk. Don’t legitimize the power of an unelected billionaire corporate leader.

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

If it did turn out to be legal for the President to sign a piece of paper saying "only I get to say what the law is" then, like, probably shouldn't have taken Godel to notice that little loophole tbh

Tech Policy Press is thrilled to announce that Cristiano Lima-Strong will join as Associate Editor, a full-time position on the masthead. He joins a growing international team of editors and reporting fellows exploring how tech is challenging and reshaping democracies and governance globally.

Dystopian headlines from today. From Politico (viewable with Pro access): pro.politico.eu/news/193828

NEW: As world leaders gather for the Paris AI Summit, I hope we're reaching a turning point, towards a "new politics of AI". Politicians should not just accelerate AI, but they also need to actively steer it towards social good. (1/8)

“In the United States there are currently more safety requirements for selling a sandwich than for developing AI systems.” Crucial and timely commentary from SaferAI’s Henry Papadatos and Chloé Touzet. time.com/7213772/pari...

Livestream link for official Grand Palais sessions for #AIActionSummit: travail-emploi.gouv.fr/semaine-pour...

Instead of focusing on safety (or ethics, or sustainability, or inclusion - any of the things they were supposed to focus on), France has used this pivotal moment as a cash grab to attract investment for data centers.

Fascinating keynote at AI Safety Asia’s event by S. Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in India, about India’s new AI Safety Institute, which will be a virtual collaboration between many institutions and align with the government’s pro-innovation strategy.

France is continuing to court Big Tech investment, most recently, in the form of data center investment: it has prepared 35 sites occupying 1,200 hectares ready to be used for data centers. The exact location will be announced at the AI Action Summit. maritima.fr/actualites/n...

Economist Joseph Stiglitz calling attention to the dangers of concentration of market power in tech/AI: “The creation of a trillion dollar business is a failure, not a success.” #IASEAI

Kicking off the #AIActionSummit with a fascinating panel through a new initiative I’m part of, GPAI Policy Lab. Expert panelists including @ruchowdh.bsky.social spoke about their thoughts on industry voluntary commitments (mixed opinions), and the importance of third party evaluations & red lines.

10/10 bill name. No notes

Elon Musk is so close to finally killing California high-speed rail — a goal he’s pursued for over a decade — even though his alternative the Hyperloop is an absolute joke. Killing HSR is about keeping people trapped in cars and planes.

Google is operating a monopoly in search and search advertising, full stop. Their dominance and anticompetitive tactics have harmed consumers and the media & publishing industry. Only a breakup will prevent future harms. Read more at our comment letter to the CMA with @openmarkets.bsky.social.

Next week: The Paris AI Action Summit will focus on ways to align AI with the public interest. Participants must include in this agenda plans to address Big Tech’s early dominance over the AI ecosystem and its creeping capture of AI governance, especially in the US. 1/2

Loved this week’s @csis.org AI Policy Podcast: “in the long run, the stock market is based on truth. In the short run, the stock market is based on vibes.” open.spotify.com/episode/5C2I...

In our new op-ed, @maxvonthun.bsky.social and I give our two cents on what the AI Action Summit organizers should do: focus more on challenging Big Tech power and less on continuing to court their investment and treating them as legitimate diplomatic entities. @openmarkets.bsky.social

Anddddd there it is. New EO is definitely a placeholder, but clearly going for a clean break with Biden’s AI policies.

Stargate will essentially create government-sanctioned monopolies by pumping US funds and resources into the most dominant players: OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft. This will further threaten EU sovereignty, innovation, security, and resilience.

Why are none of the events for the #AIActionSummit actually open to the public? In this guide to the summit, I aim to dispel that myth, share a list of open events, provide intel about who's coming, and more! open.substack.com/pub/michelle...

“As Big Tech becomes increasingly intertwined with the Trump administration, the last thing the EU should do is water down enforcement in the vain hopes of placating Trump and his tech “broligarchy.” Instead, the EU should be doubling down on its digital rulebook.” euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Many people are suggesting that it's impossible to protect privacy, so it doesn't matter which app you use. Others are trying Rednote because they are, reasonably, tired of tech oligarchies. Both are understandable reactions to the surveillance capitalism ecosystem. But there's more we can do. 🧵

New edition of AI & competition newsletter is out! Featuring various OpenAI drama (publisher lawsuit, whistleblower mom interview), Biden's new EO and export controls in his last week of office, and more! open.substack.com/pub/michelle...

Great work by @lobbycontrol.bsky.social in light of the battle of tech vs. EU over regulation: www.ft.com/content/917c...

Let's not forget that the tech industrial complex will soon become the new military industrial complex, with OpenAI, ScaleAI, and Palantir forming a bloc that will jointly bid for military contracts on.ft.com/3DMIGv0

Standard-setting organisations – such as CEN-CENELEC – are private bodies historically dominated by corporate interests 55% of experts working on AI standards in CEN-CENELEC are from companies or consultancies w/ a large share from Big Tech. Only 9% are from civil society