AI Now Institute
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social
The AI Now Institute produces diagnosis and actionable policy research on artificial intelligence.
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/
Find us at https://ainowinstitute.org/
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NEW REPORT: Artificial Power, our 2025 Landscape Report, is out.
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
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...
RSVP to attend in-person or on Zoom: cyber.harvard.edu/events/ai-tr...
AI Triad: A Dialogue Across Differences
Artificial intelligence isn’t just a technology—it’s a battleground of competing values, incentives, and worldviews.
cyber.harvard.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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...
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...
www.macfound.org/press/grante...
New Voices Shaping Narrative of Technology for the Public Interest
www.macfound.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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...
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...
Read the interview here: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-fusing...
The fusing of AI firms and the state is leading to a dangerous concentration of power
A researcher says that we should focus not just on AI-related job loss or LLM models--but on the consolidation of market power between tech firms building AI and the government
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October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“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...
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...
www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic Has a Plan to Keep Its AI From Building a Nuclear Weapon. Will It Work?
Anthropic partnered with the US government to create a filter meant to block Claude from helping someone build a nuke. Experts are divided on whether its a necessary protection—or a protection at all.
www.wired.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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...
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...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mUt...
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“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...
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...
actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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...
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
shorturl.at/t10W5
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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
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...
Read it here: www.techpolicy.press/the-rise-and...
The Rise and Fall of Nvidia’s Geopolitical Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
Nvidia's geopolitical balancing act between the US and China flopped after an arduous lobbying campaign, Leevi Saari writes.
www.techpolicy.press
October 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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...
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...
Watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/MStyhFb...
Read Alli’s testimony: ainowinstitute.org/publications...
Philadelphia City Council Hearing on AI
YouTube video by PhillyCAM
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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...
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...
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...
Open Markets Institute
The Open Markets Institute is a team of researchers, lawyers, economists, journalists, and advocates working to protect democracy from concentrated power. #StopMonopolies
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October 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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...
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...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
ChatGPT safety systems can be bypassed to get weapons instructions
NBC News found that OpenAI’s models repeatedly provided answers on making chemical and biological weapons.
www.nbcnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“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...
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.
October 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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.
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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-...
How to make change through research
Q&A with Alli Finn, Senior Partnerships and Strategy Lead at the AI Now Institute.
rjionline.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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-...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
Let Them Eat Compute: Computer Says Maybe LIVE from Climate Week
YouTube video by The Maybe
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October 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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-...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KS...
Or listen here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/nyc-...
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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?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
Open Letter — AECJ
www.amazonclimatejustice.org
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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?...
www.amazonclimatejustice.org/open-letter?...
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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?...
youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY?...
Are AI Companies Cooking the Books? w/ Sarah Myers West
YouTube video by The Maybe
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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?...
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
Watch it on YouTube: youtu.be/WvN1wQ_CBlY
October 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
. @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
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
Listen here: shorturl.at/mTAZq
September 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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
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-...
ainowinstitute.org/news/ai-now-...
September 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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-...
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...
Livestream: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...
High-level multi-stakeholder informal meeting to launch the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance
The high-level informal meeting is convened pursuant to General Assembly resolution 79/325, which established the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance as a follow-up to the Pact for t...
webtv.un.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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...
Livestream: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p...
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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...
www.theverge.com/podcast/7848...
How AI safety took a backseat to military money
Heidy Khlaff discusses the industry shift toward military applications and what it means for AI safety.
www.theverge.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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...
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...
raeng.org.uk/news/royal-a...
Royal Academy of Engineering welcomes 74 new Fellows
At its AGM on 23 September 2025 the Royal Academy of Engineering elected 74 leading figures in the field of engineering and technology to its Fellowship.
raeng.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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...
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
RSVP to watch it live at 5pm ET:
luma.com/l7m3nzzn
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
RSVP to watch it live at 5pm ET:
luma.com/l7m3nzzn
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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...
@halcyene.bsky.social, our Economic and Social Policy Lead, outlines the challenges for the UK's approach.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK’s £31bn tech deal with the US might sound great – but the government has to answer these questions | Matt Davies
The big firms making these pledges are not charities. We know there will be a quid pro quo; we just don’t know what it is yet, says Matt Davies of the Ada Lovelace Institute
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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...
@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
RSVP to watch it live here: luma.com/l7m3nzzn
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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
RSVP to watch it live here: luma.com/l7m3nzzn