In two weeks, world leaders and tech executives will descend on Delhi for the AI Impact Summit 2026. There, power brokers will paint a pretty picture of the role AI will play in saving the world - from sharing prosperity to fixing climate change.

We’re dropping the first 4 essays in Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026, our new series with Aapti Institute and @themaybe.org that takes a clear-eyed look at the narratives shaping the India AI Impact Summit and insists we collectively build the conversations that are missing 🧵

Tonight at Sundance, join Ghost in The Machine director Valerie Veatch, @themaybe.org’s Alix Dunn, AI Now’s Alli Finn, and others for a panel on AI ethics, data centers, and Big Tech. Register here: collab.sundance.org/catalog/Stor...

I recently spoke to @aljazeera.com about how commerically-trained AI models pose a significant safety and security risk in military operations that ultimately place life-or-death decisions in the hands of private companies, with little to no accountability.

The India AI Impact Summit is a month away. We're launching Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 with Aapti Institute and @themaybe.org to analyze Summit themes and offer critical alternatives. Read our first essay: shorturl.at/oN538

in the wake of us v. google, i wrote for @techpolicypress.bsky.social how generative AI is not going to magically unseat a dominant firm like google: it's going to enable it to become even more dominant. news in the past 24 hours shows exactly this (see thread!) www.techpolicy.press/decision-in-...

The AI industry touts misleading information that their data centers are creating large numbers of jobs. Check out @foodandwater.bsky.social's new research debunking these claims, with analysis showing just how few people these extractive facilities employ. shorturl.at/6pRJp

Trump’s rush to fast-track new nuclear reactors raises serious safety concerns. @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social to @npr.org: "These manufactured timelines are incredibly concerning. There's no timeline for assessing a new design and making sure it's safe." Read more in @npr.org: shorturl.at/y78eg

AI FOMO is driving rushed deployments that may introduce security risks. This is made worse by ‘safety revisionism’, where terms like red teaming are repurposed without adequate security rigor. From @INC: shorturl.at/KxKzx Our safety report: shorturl.at/eMKdd

I spoke to @mjgault.bsky.social as to why it was concerning to the US DOE take the position of using generative AI for safety cases and licensing at the IAEA symposium, while also advocating for eliminating human intervention during normal nuclear operations.

We’re expanding our national security and defense work, and welcoming Boyan Milanov to the team. Boyan is a research scientist evaluating cybersecurity risks in agentic AI systems related to national security, defense, and safety-critical infrastructure. ainowinstitute.org/contributor/...

Join us on Thursday at 1pm ET to launch our North Star Policy Toolkit for Data Center Organizers & Policymakers. You’ll hear from organizers fighting data center expansion, like Angelantonio Enriquez Breault, Connie Di Cicco, & Mary Black. RSVP: bit.ly/data-center-...

It’s all happening in NYC! Taking real steps towards a politics of hope that's already diffusing far beyond this city and country: I couldn't be more excited to serve on Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's wide-ranging and hugely inspiring transition team: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

What are the implications if the AI boom turns to bust? @smw.bsky.social spoke with @justinhendrix.bsky.social, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and Ryan Cummings about whether the AI investment boom is an unsustainable bubble and how a crash could reshape policy and public sentiment. shorturl.at/rpadn

For @vox.com, @sigalsamuel.bsky.social gathered advice for those who hate how generative AI is being rolled out. @smw.bsky.social speaks to working collectively to fight against AI being used on us, not by us. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Absolute must read on the AI bailout-in-progress: apparently it's not enough that lifetimes of human ingenuity and creativity have been stolen and enclosed to create generative AI and balloon billionaire wealth - much more public looting is in store...

Essential reading in the AI bubble and the wild Wild West that is the neocloud market - with lots of insight from @leevisaari.bsky.social www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

🚨The final event in our popular series with the NYPL is happening on Thursday, w an incredible panel of experts discussing the value of human labor in the face of increasing automation. Reserve your in-person spot (they're going quickly) or RSVP to join us online! www.showclix.com/event/unders...

From the workplace to ICE, AI surveillance puts all of us at risk. Join organizers and policy experts TODAY at 2pm ET to learn about ways & resources to fight back. Pre-register here: bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance

Join us for a webinar on December 4th at 1 pm ET to launch our North Star Policy Toolkit for Data center Organizers & Policymakers. We’ll preview the guide and feature a panel of organizers who have won local and state battles against data center expansion. Register: bit.ly/data-center-...

Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AI’s massive power demands—and Trump’s done a lot to make it easier for them. Heidy Khlaaf, the head AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, tells us why that’s dangerous. @mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/power-compan...

Read @404media.co's piece on our new nuclear & AI report by @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social and Dr Sofia Guerra, "Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI.” ainowinstitute.org/publications...

OUR @wsj.com OPED: The AI bubble debate misses what's already happening: a massive gov bailout, fast-tracked infrastructure, guaranteed contracts & regulatory exemptions. AI firms get a taxpayer-funded insurance policy that dot-com companies could only dream of. www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...

New Report: Fission for Algorithms. We draw on our nuclear expertise to dissect the risky fast-tracking initiatives hastening nuclear development in service of AI. This includes proposals to use Gen AI for nuclear licensing, whilst lowering well-established nuclear thresholds.

NEW REPORT: "Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI” exposes efforts to fast-track nuclear development to power AI, including using gen AI in nuclear licensing while weakening regulation – a risky shortcut with catastrophic consequences. shorturl.at/wBTco

On November 5th, @ambakak.bsky.social is joining @jasoncrawford.org from Roots of Progress and Brian McGrail from the Center for AI Safety Action Fund at the Berkman Klein Center for “AI Triad: A Dialogue Across Differences.” RSVP to attend in-person or on Zoom: cyber.harvard.edu/events/ai-tr...

Congratulations to AI Now’s Alli Finn for being selected as a Public Voices Fellow by The OpEd Project, supported by MacArthur! Alli joins 20 notable leaders and thinkers working at the intersection of technology and society. www.macfound.org/press/grante...

“We are treating AI as if it is operating under typical market imperatives. But what we’re actually seeing is a market that is being backstopped by government intervention,” said @smw.bsky.social to @hardresetmedia.com. Read the interview here: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-fusing...

Anthropic’s partnership with the DOE to keep Claude from building a nuclear weapon makes for good headlines. @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social calls it security theater. The real risk is AI firms gaining access to national security data. www.wired.com/story/anthro...

“We don’t need to treat AI as inevitable.” @smw.bsky.social sat down with @pocan.house.gov to talk about AI in healthcare, military, and jobs and how we can choose a future where AI is being used by us, not on us by a handful of big corporations. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUt...

If you’ll be at Circuit Breakers this weekend, join our session on Sunday at 2:30pm with @amzn4climate.bsky.social: "Al & Tech Power: How Tech Workers Are Fighting for Our Jobs, Communities, and Climate." actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

Alli Finn joined Philly Tech Justice Collective, TechTonic Justice & Philly Thrive to testify in a city council meeting on Philly's use of AI and technology. Alli cautioned legislators: public tech must serve public needs, rather than corporate power and profits. shorturl.at/t10W5

Nvidia has been selling the story that what’s good for Nvidia is good for America. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, AI Now fellow @leevisaari.bsky.social analyzes how that story fused corporate power with US policy and backfired. Read it here: www.techpolicy.press/the-rise-and...

Tune in tomorrow at 10am ET to hear AI Now’s Alli Finn testify about policymaking on AI at the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Technology & Information Services. Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/MStyhFb... Read Alli’s testimony: ainowinstitute.org/publications...

Tomorrow, AI Now’s @kate-brennan.bsky.social is speaking at @openmarkets.bsky.social’s The Future of Democracy conference in Brussels. Watch her panel, “Safeguarding information integrity in the age of AI,” with Roger McNamee and others via livestream at 7:30am ET: www.youtube.com/c/OpenMarket...

“That OpenAI’s guardrails are so easily tricked illustrates why it’s important to have robust pre-deployment testing of AI models before they cause substantial harm. Companies can’t be left to do their own homework,” says @smw.bsky.social in @nbcnews.com. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...

NVIDIA’s $100B OpenAI investment is a reflection of a larger trend: companies investing in their own customers to create a veneer of a functioning market that isn’t actually producing economic value. @smw.bsky.social explained the economics of the ever-inflating AI bubble on Computer Says Maybe.

RJI Fellows Nicole Lewis and Lam Vo speak with Alli Finn, senior partnerships and strategy lead at the @ainowinstitute.bsky.social, who collaborates with and supports communities and organizations that are facing harm from AI systems and push for alternatives. rjionline.org/news/how-to-...

Last week we co-hosted a live show with Computer Says Maybe at Climate Week NYC on AI and data center expansion. If you missed it, catch the recording! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS... Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...

1/ It’s time to get real about Amazon and AI. Amazon coworkers: sign our open letter below to tell Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Everyone else: Send our letter to anyone who works at Amazon or even in the tech industry. www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...

I don’t want AI companies to get a bailout. I said this to @smw.bsky.social of @ainowinstitute.bsky.social last week, and she said they already were being bailed out. We sat down to talk about it in our first full-form video interview here: youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY?...

. @smw.bsky.social joined joined Alix Dunn at “Computer Says Maybe" to discuss the economics of the AI bubble. Even as companies are realizing this tech isn’t as useful as they thought it would be, gov actors are signing lucrative contracts. Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY

OpenAI, Anthropic & others have shifted from championing ethics to signing $200M+ defense contracts that embed gen AI into high-risk military systems. In @theverge.com, @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social explains why the move toward defense partnerships is a safety risk. Listen here: shorturl.at/mTAZq

Yesterday, @ambakak.bsky.social joined world leaders & others at the UN to support the new Global Dialogue on AI Governance. She advocated for industry-independent scrutiny of claims of AI benefits and risks, and for a people-centered AI sovereignty agenda. ainowinstitute.org/news/ai-now-...

LIVE NOW: AI Now’s @ambakak.bsky.social joins UN Secretary General António Guterres, President of the General Assembly Annalena Baerbock, UN Tech Envoy Amandeep Gill, and nation leaders to launch a Global Dialogue on AI Governance on the floor of the UN. Livestream: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...

It was great speaking to @haydenfield.bsky.social on the Decoder podcast, where we discussed the relationship between safety and the push for generative AI to be deployed within military applications. www.theverge.com/podcast/7848...

We’re thrilled to share that AI Now advisor Dr. Sofia Guerra has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. She joins a community of 1,700 leading engineers around the world. Congratulations, Sofia! raeng.org.uk/news/royal-a...

TODAY! Join a livestream conversation with those at the frontlines of the resistance against AI data centers and in defense of our democracy. We’re excited to co-host with @themaybe.org, @cmmonwealth.bsky.social, and Climate & Community Institute RSVP to watch it live at 5pm ET: luma.com/l7m3nzzn

The US and UK have signed a Technology Prosperity Deal. But will it deliver public benefit or private profits? Is the UK an AI taker or an AI maker? @halcyene.bsky.social, our Economic and Social Policy Lead, outlines the challenges for the UK's approach. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tune in on Wednesday, September 24th 5-6pm ET for our live show at Climate Week NYC breaking down the real impacts of the AI data center boom on communities across the US. RSVP to watch it live here: luma.com/l7m3nzzn