my latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the US v. Google search antitrust case and just how badly the court missed the opportunity to contend with Google’s power in the genAI market. genAI won’t magically unseat Google’s market dominance, as the court suggests, it will only deepen it

In today’s Senate Commerce Hearing the White House endorsed support for federal preemption of state AI laws. The fight against preemption did not disappear with the moratorium—in fact, Sen. Cruz introduced a bill today putting us directly on the path to preemption. A thread on its risks below: 🧵

congrats to the supreme court for ignoring decades of circuit precedent, twisting logic to avoid textbook definitions (despite being obsessed with, uh, textualism), and undermining the equal protection clause to ensure trans kids can't receive the medical care they deserve

the proposed moratorium on state AI laws is dangerous. a welcome chorus (with unlikely allies!) is rising against the ban. our latest in @techpolicypress.bsky.social argues we must use this momentum to demand more accountability from AI firms and protect against weak, industry co-opted regulation

this is excellent

“We're not interested in discussing whether or not an individual technology like ChatGPT is good. We're asking whether it's good for society that these companies have unaccountable power," says @kate-brennan.bsky.social in @wired.com

if you’ve been looking for an all-in-one resource to explain why it’s troubling for tech companies to push AI into every corner of our social, political, and economic lives, you might love our latest report from @ainowinstitute.bsky.social called Artificial Power: ainowinstitute.org/publications...

Bold enforcement remedies are crucial to meet this moment in AI shaped by Big Tech dominance. My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social argues that removing AI divestiture as a remedy in the Google search monopoly case fits the troubling anti-regulatory patterns taking shape around the world (1/2)

I spoke with @jasonplautz.bsky.social about how essential energy dominance is to this administration's policy of AI boosterism, and the harmful effects this is sure to have on climate and communities:

OpenAI furious DeepSeek might have stolen all the data OpenAI stole from us 🔗 www.404media.co/openai-furio...

In a new opinion piece for @nytimes.com, AI Now’s Chief AI Scientist @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social and Co-Executive Director @smw.bsky.social warn that AI may threaten, rather than preserve, national security. Read more: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...

As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

At a convening of worker advocates in California organized by @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, @ambakak.bsky.social told @khari.bsky.social, “Labor has been at the forefront of rebalancing of power and asserting that the public has a say in determining how and under what conditions this tech is used."

I spoke with MIT Tech Review about reviving the failed California AI safety bill SB 1047 in New York and how the bill overlooks material harms AI is posing to people, workers, and the climate right now: (1/3) www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/09/1...

My statement on the Bipartisan House Task Force Report on AI on @techpolicypress.bsky.social. In one breath the report cautions against material risks posed by large-scale AI, and in the other encourages widespread, uncritical adoption of AI across the economy. www.techpolicy.press/reactions-to...

This piece made me furious. Nurses are asked to *bid* on shifts, offering to work lower and lower wages, and then the app can fail and not pay them at all. We don't have a nursing shortage, we have a shortage of good jobs sane humans are willing to work. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

I spoke with @katearonoff.bsky.social about the heedless rush to build computing infrastructure for AI, which hinges on hypothetical economic growth but will leave very real harm to consumers and the climate in its wake: newrepublic.com/article/1894...

What better way to make my Bluesky debut than a great conversation with @alissacooper.bsky.social, @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social, and David Dinielli for the @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast on effective remedies in the Google search antitrust case and its implications for generative AI.