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...

Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation. While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.

🚨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...

oh hey its @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social !! bsky.app/profile/404m...

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...

NEW: Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants. And despite expert concerns about potential disaster, the US government is on board.

Bonus bonus: @ainowinstitute.bsky.social's Sarah West and @ambakak.bsky.social in the WSJ today.... "...the federal government is already bailing out the AI industry with regulatory changes and public funds that will protect companies in the event of a private sector pullback."

This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...

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...

1/ NEW: Read our new report, “Calculated Need: Algorithms and the Fight for Medicaid Home Care.” We show how automated eligibility determinations are political tools that draw a subjective line between who is deserving and undeserving of getting care in their home. www.upturn.org/work/calcula...

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...

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

Tech leaders are tempering AI promises. The US government isn’t. Today in @inc.com, @ambakak.bsky.social says the alliance between Big Tech and the federal government means the biggest AI companies are positioning themselves as “too big to fail.” www.inc.com/sam-blum/sam...

That push reach AGI before 2030 has real-world consequences - to the environment, data privacy, democracy, and labor - that don’t disappear with the promises that AI will someday solve humanity’s hardest problems. “The future we’re being sold is not inevitable,” Kak said. (3/3)

Their recent report, Artificial Power, pushes back on the "too big to fail" myth, arguing that AI firms are pouring billions into compute infrastructure and foundational models, often with government support, despite shaky business models and limited public accountability. (2/3)

On this week's episode of @equity.bsky.social, I interviewed @ambakak.bsky.social and Dr. Sarah Meyers West of @ainowinstitute.bsky.social about Trump's AI Action Plan and who really benefits from the AI boom. (1/3) techcrunch.com/podcast/who-...

NEW RESEARCH ALERT 🚨 TechEquity just published “Take the Mic: How Worker Voice Shapes Workplace Technology,” which explores different models of worker voice and why it matters.

Trump announced its AI Action plan for American AI dominance. What we really need is a People's AI Action plan to ensure Trump + Silicon Valley don't weaponize AI against working people, exacerbate the climate crisis and fortify the surveillance state. Proud to have signed on and endorsed this call

An AI action plan written by and for tech billionaires cannot and will not serve the interests of the broader public. We cannot let Big Tech special interests buy Washington and write the rules for AI and our economy. That's why we need a People’s AI Action Plan. peoplesaiaction.com

The Trump admin’s AI plan will prioritize industry profits. We need an AI policy that protects democracy, civil rights, and working people. That’s why we’ve joined 70+ orgs to support a People’s AI Action Plan — a vision that puts people before profit. 📍Read at: peoplesaiaction.com

Tomorrow, Trump will sign several EO’s on AI, including the "AI Action Plan". They are....not good. While setting the stage for federal land giveaways and air & water pollution, they also penalize states that put safeguards in place. So we signed the PEOPLE'S AI Action Plan. 🧵

The White House released its AI Action plan this morning. We know where it came from: straight from Big Tech. But there’s another path available to us: we and over 100 other orgs called for a People’s AI Action Plan. Read it here: peoplesaiaction.com apnews.com/article/trum...

The 90+ organizations supporting a People's AI Action Plan all have concrete, actionable ideas for an AI agenda that furthers the interests of everyday people and challenges the tech billionaire agenda we’ll see from the White House. Learn more about them: peoplesaiaction.com

Today the OpenAI Nonprofit Commission released a report asserting OpenAI is ‘positioned to be a force of good in this Age of Intelligence’. The report also claims that AI Now was among the orgs participating in the listening process that led to this report. We did not.

Friendly reminder that there's no point talking about using a technology "for good" if you don't let people talk about how it's also being used for bad.

Watch @smw.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @ruchowdh.bsky.social break it down in this excellent primer by @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on the mythologies that sustain Big Tech AI power; and how we might pull the rug from under them!

A 99–1 Senate vote against a 10-year AI regulation ban is a win for democracy and public safety. As @ambakak.bsky.social told @davelee.me at @bloomberg.com, we’ve seen what happens when tech regulation waits and we can’t afford to fall behind. Read more here: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The bipartisan American Science Acceleration Project sounds promising, but "move fast and break things" isn't a strategy for trustworthy research. I write in @science.org about why we need acceleration that opens doors to participation and accountability. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

1/ The government is fielding AI to gather intelligence, patrol borders, and fight wars. My latest in @lawfaremedia.org explains how Congress should step up its scrutiny of the ways taxpayer dollars are spent on acquiring and developing these systems: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/narr...

[email protected] argues that the 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation is an unfair bargain for bipartisan lawmakers whose districts rely on BEAD funding. Read more in @politifact.bsky.social: www.politifact.com/article/2025/jun/17/state-AI-laws-moratorium-reconciliation-bill

TODAY, June 24th, at 5:00 PM ET | 2:00 PM PT. There’s still time to register here: mediajustice.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Was honoured to participate in this ICRC panel to discuss the launch of their recommendations for the use of AI decision support systems within military and lethal contexts. The recording of the event can be found here: vimeo.com/1094320405?s...

What does it mean for Europe to claim AI “sovereignty” atop global supply chains and US-owned chips? @leevisaari.bsky.social shares with @bloomberg.com: what’s on offer increasingly resembles “sovereignty-as-a-service.” Read Lionel Laurent's story here: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

A 10-year federal ban on state AI regulation is moving through Congress, which would roll back protections and halt future safeguards. @haydenfield.bsky.social shares what’s at stake in this sharp @theverge.com piece with contributions from @ambakak.bsky.social. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

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

A fight lies ahead to stop the AI law moratorium and defend states’ rights to protect their people. Unconventional alliances may form, but we can’t waver on the long game. The public must set the terms for AI accountability. Read our warning in TPP: shorturl.at/1pS1Q

This is incredibly good and necessary. I cleared out a whole afternoon to read this report and I would do it again!

Essential reading!

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s recent Times op-ed on AI regulation seems like a reasonable middle ground. But it is also a reminder of a threat on the horizon: an industry-scripted federal standard that would effectively eclipse state legislation, write Kate Brennan, Sarah Myers West, and Amba Kak.

Instead of debating how “good” technologies like ChatGPT are, we should be asking whether the AI industry’s unaccountable power is good for society. Read our 2025 Landscape Report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape

This in-depth documentary from Samuel Black at @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on xAI's Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, TN for training Grok is a phenomenal example of the kind of in-depth AI accountability reporting we cannot have enough of. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VJT...

This is the new, incredibly dangerous, 1-2 punch of the AI arms race: deregulate *and* underwrite.

VA used a DOGE AI tool by Gumroad founder Sahil Lavingia that hallucinated contract sizes to cancel 24+ deals; Lavingia says "mistakes were made" (ProPublica) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Federal data misuse is accelerating, but state and local governments can still act, argue Reem Suleiman, @esraa.bsky.social‬, and @brianhofer.bsky.social‬. They offer an urgent “triage checklist” for protecting the privacy of the most vulnerable. www.techpolicy.press/public-secto...

Essential reading from @marietjeschaake.bsky.social on OpenAI’s instrumentalisation of democratic language to expand its market power around the world, and the huge geopolitical risks countries expose themselves to by becoming dependent on its AI models and data centres. on.ft.com/4dNpQBN

📣 Just published! Our new anthology reframes the question of trust and technology away from whether a particular technology is trustworthy and toward how trust shapes institutions, bodies, and knowledge. 1/5 datasociety.net/library/trus...

this is excellent