asad ramzanali
@asad09.bsky.social
AI & tech policy, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator. My own views.
I’ve got a new report w/ Akhil Rajan recommending AI Neutrality. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google control ~90% of AI model API revenues. They also compete with their customers, creating unavoidable conflicts of interest and opportunities to abuse power. cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I’ve got a new report w/ Akhil Rajan recommending AI Neutrality. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google control ~90% of AI model API revenues. They also compete with their customers, creating unavoidable conflicts of interest and opportunities to abuse power. cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co...
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🚨 Watch Live at Noon. "Tech Policy in 2026: Congressional 2nd Session Preview"
📅 Wed. Jan. 28
⏰ 12 pm
📍 Rayburn House Office Building
📺 Video bit.ly/techpolicy2026
@asad09.bsky.social @lehogg.bsky.social @netchoice.bsky.social
📅 Wed. Jan. 28
⏰ 12 pm
📍 Rayburn House Office Building
📺 Video bit.ly/techpolicy2026
@asad09.bsky.social @lehogg.bsky.social @netchoice.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
🚨 Watch Live at Noon. "Tech Policy in 2026: Congressional 2nd Session Preview"
📅 Wed. Jan. 28
⏰ 12 pm
📍 Rayburn House Office Building
📺 Video bit.ly/techpolicy2026
@asad09.bsky.social @lehogg.bsky.social @netchoice.bsky.social
📅 Wed. Jan. 28
⏰ 12 pm
📍 Rayburn House Office Building
📺 Video bit.ly/techpolicy2026
@asad09.bsky.social @lehogg.bsky.social @netchoice.bsky.social
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Starting 2026 with a new @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece, I spoke with leading voices in AI governance on what’s truly at stake this year: power, accountability, and democratic control.
www.techpolicy.press/expert-predi...
@hlntnr.bsky.social @asad09.bsky.social @adambillen.bsky.social
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@hlntnr.bsky.social @asad09.bsky.social @adambillen.bsky.social
Expert Predictions on What’s at Stake in AI Policy in 2026 | TechPolicy.Press
Public Citizen's J.B. Branch and Ilana Beller invited predictions from multiple policy experts about what to expect on AI policy in the year ahead.
www.techpolicy.press
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Starting 2026 with a new @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece, I spoke with leading voices in AI governance on what’s truly at stake this year: power, accountability, and democratic control.
www.techpolicy.press/expert-predi...
@hlntnr.bsky.social @asad09.bsky.social @adambillen.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/expert-predi...
@hlntnr.bsky.social @asad09.bsky.social @adambillen.bsky.social
Digging up roads is 75–90% of the cost of deploying broadband, yet we keep excavating again & again. A smarter approach: install conduit when roads are open. @bendinovelli.bsky.social and my new paper explains why most Dig Once policies fall short & how to fix them cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Digging up roads is 75–90% of the cost of deploying broadband, yet we keep excavating again & again. A smarter approach: install conduit when roads are open. @bendinovelli.bsky.social and my new paper explains why most Dig Once policies fall short & how to fix them cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co...
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@asad09.bsky.social and I call for better AI ambitions, beyond just business productivity. That will take forward government action and investment, not destruction. A future with new medicines for intractable diseases, better K-12 education, and improved weather forecasts is at stake.
America Needs Better AI Ambitions | TechPolicy.Press
Arati Prabhakar and Asad Ramzanali say we are caught between fantastical claims and leaders deferring to industry without the imagination to drive progress.
www.techpolicy.press
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
@asad09.bsky.social and I call for better AI ambitions, beyond just business productivity. That will take forward government action and investment, not destruction. A future with new medicines for intractable diseases, better K-12 education, and improved weather forecasts is at stake.
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This is smart — clean data, research money and safety www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Is Taking 3 Steps Backward in the AI Race
The administration needs to shift focus away from providing chips and datacenters to the world’s richest companies.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This is smart — clean data, research money and safety www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Trump’s latest order on AI—which he says is “inspired by the legacy of the Apollo Program” is a meh step forward — following three giant leaps backwards.
@asad09.bsky.social and I wrote about how far off it is from what it takes for America to win.
@asad09.bsky.social and I wrote about how far off it is from what it takes for America to win.
Trump Is Taking Three Steps Backward in the AI Race
The administration needs to shift focus away from providing chips and datacenters to the world’s richest companies.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump’s latest order on AI—which he says is “inspired by the legacy of the Apollo Program” is a meh step forward — following three giant leaps backwards.
@asad09.bsky.social and I wrote about how far off it is from what it takes for America to win.
@asad09.bsky.social and I wrote about how far off it is from what it takes for America to win.
New essay in Politico today w/ @aratip.bsky.social on how Trump's “Genesis Mission” is one small step forward after giant leaps backward. The Trump AI doctrine really just boils down to boosting friendly tech companies. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Is Taking Three Steps Backward in the AI Race
The administration needs to shift focus away from providing chips and datacenters to the world’s richest companies.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New essay in Politico today w/ @aratip.bsky.social on how Trump's “Genesis Mission” is one small step forward after giant leaps backward. The Trump AI doctrine really just boils down to boosting friendly tech companies. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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🚨Call for policy proposals
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
October 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨Call for policy proposals
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
If AI adoption is not slowing down, policy governing safety and security practices needs to speed up. This is where you come in.
The latest ClickHere podcast episode connects the grassroots protests outside data centers to the monopolistic businesses practices inside. I appreciated the opportunity to contribute to this thoughtful reporting. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The people vs. the cloud
Podcast Episode · Click Here · 10/28/2025 · 26m
podcasts.apple.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The latest ClickHere podcast episode connects the grassroots protests outside data centers to the monopolistic businesses practices inside. I appreciated the opportunity to contribute to this thoughtful reporting. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
This is excellent.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is excellent.
A few trillion-dollar companies now comprise an AI oligopoly. Nvidia's announcement to invest $100B in OpenAI makes things worse. As I say in TIME, vertical integration is about money, control, and power. Policymakers should reject such combinations. time.com/7322418/chat...
We Need to Break Up Big AI Before It Breaks Us
When the same few companies own the entire tech stack, they stop competing and start colluding.
time.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A few trillion-dollar companies now comprise an AI oligopoly. Nvidia's announcement to invest $100B in OpenAI makes things worse. As I say in TIME, vertical integration is about money, control, and power. Policymakers should reject such combinations. time.com/7322418/chat...
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We're introducing a new section today called Big Ideas, exploring next-generation solutions for pressing policy problems. Today James Baratta looks at a new report on how to structure the cloud computing industry.
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot
A new report offers a legislative road map for creating a competitive and secure cloud computing market, without forcing policymakers to reinvent the wheel.
prospect.org
September 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We're introducing a new section today called Big Ideas, exploring next-generation solutions for pressing policy problems. Today James Baratta looks at a new report on how to structure the cloud computing industry.
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Thank you to @prospect.org for featuring my paper, How to Regulate the Cloud. Their focus on the market as “AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot” brings attention to an ignored part of the AI policy debate. Grateful to see this important conversation gaining wider attention.
The market for cloud computing is huge, but policymakers should pay attention to a new report that shows them how to address the market’s failures and the national-security risks they create. From James Baratta:
trib.al/tTK5pda
trib.al/tTK5pda
AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot
A new report offers a legislative road map for creating a competitive and secure cloud computing market, without forcing policymakers to reinvent the wheel.
trib.al
September 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Thank you to @prospect.org for featuring my paper, How to Regulate the Cloud. Their focus on the market as “AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot” brings attention to an ignored part of the AI policy debate. Grateful to see this important conversation gaining wider attention.
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The market for cloud computing is huge, but policymakers should pay attention to a new report that shows them how to address the market’s failures and the national-security risks they create. From James Baratta:
trib.al/tTK5pda
trib.al/tTK5pda
AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot
A new report offers a legislative road map for creating a competitive and secure cloud computing market, without forcing policymakers to reinvent the wheel.
trib.al
September 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The market for cloud computing is huge, but policymakers should pay attention to a new report that shows them how to address the market’s failures and the national-security risks they create. From James Baratta:
trib.al/tTK5pda
trib.al/tTK5pda
The cloud computing industry is rife with market failures, and it poses risks to national security. In a new paper, I show how to fix the cloud before it fails us. cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co...
September 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The cloud computing industry is rife with market failures, and it poses risks to national security. In a new paper, I show how to fix the cloud before it fails us. cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-co...
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“Between May 2023 and November 2024, only 27.2% of total ChatGPT application downloads are estimated to have come from women. Similarly low shares of mobile downloads by women were seen on Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity.”
The Large Gender Gap in Who Uses AI
A recent study finds that AI usage tilts heavily toward men. Part of the reason: Women worried they might be penalized for using AI.
www.wsj.com
August 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Between May 2023 and November 2024, only 27.2% of total ChatGPT application downloads are estimated to have come from women. Similarly low shares of mobile downloads by women were seen on Anthropic’s Claude and Perplexity.”
@ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social and I have a new piece in Commonplace, “No Handouts for Data Centers.”
Research shows that subsidizing sports stadium construction doesn't pay off. Now states are subsidizing data centers. That won't work either. www.commonplace.org/p/no-handout...
Research shows that subsidizing sports stadium construction doesn't pay off. Now states are subsidizing data centers. That won't work either. www.commonplace.org/p/no-handout...
No Handouts for Data Centers
They don’t work for stadiums, and they won’t work for AI.
www.commonplace.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
@ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social and I have a new piece in Commonplace, “No Handouts for Data Centers.”
Research shows that subsidizing sports stadium construction doesn't pay off. Now states are subsidizing data centers. That won't work either. www.commonplace.org/p/no-handout...
Research shows that subsidizing sports stadium construction doesn't pay off. Now states are subsidizing data centers. That won't work either. www.commonplace.org/p/no-handout...
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My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
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August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
vote for my SXSW panel please! @jbbranch.bsky.social and @kate-brennan.bsky.social will discuss this admin's AI policy and how things are going.
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August 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
vote for my SXSW panel please! @jbbranch.bsky.social and @kate-brennan.bsky.social will discuss this admin's AI policy and how things are going.
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As a former college newspaper editor, bravo to the Stanford Daily for standing up for their rights and protecting their community.
Student papers are made by passionate, hardworking journalists. There are many independent ones nationwide who can fight back even when their schools capitulate.
Student papers are made by passionate, hardworking journalists. There are many independent ones nationwide who can fight back even when their schools capitulate.
Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations
The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As a former college newspaper editor, bravo to the Stanford Daily for standing up for their rights and protecting their community.
Student papers are made by passionate, hardworking journalists. There are many independent ones nationwide who can fight back even when their schools capitulate.
Student papers are made by passionate, hardworking journalists. There are many independent ones nationwide who can fight back even when their schools capitulate.
great work by @geomblog.bsky.social @costasamaras.com @colesci.bsky.social!
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Costas Samaras, and Cole Donovan worked on AI policy in the Biden administration. They say the stated goals of Trump’s AI Action Plan conflict with this administration’s actions, and will ultimately undermine US interests. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-ai-st...
Trump’s AI Strategy Is At War With Itself | TechPolicy.Press
Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Costas Samaras, and Cole Donovan say the stated goals of the AI Action Plan conflict with the Trump administration’s actions.
www.techpolicy.press
August 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
great work by @geomblog.bsky.social @costasamaras.com @colesci.bsky.social!
Great piece on the geopolitical AI competition getting distilled to a rush for AI adoption while ignoring other societal values. As I told Ian, American leadership in AI is not the same thing as driving larger profits for American companies
In my latest for Puck, I dug into at least one aspect of the development of AI that feels so distinct: the fact that governments around the world are pushing really hard, not just to advance the state of AI, but to drive adoption of it
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puck.news/governments-...
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July 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great piece on the geopolitical AI competition getting distilled to a rush for AI adoption while ignoring other societal values. As I told Ian, American leadership in AI is not the same thing as driving larger profits for American companies
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Opinion: Despite a flurry of actions this week to extend AI leadership, the Trump administration is dismantling the very advantages that established America’s global lead in AI in the first place.
Trump’s AI Action Plan is a distraction
Despite a flurry of actions this week to extend AI leadership, the administration is dismantling the very advantages that established America’s global lead in AI in the first place.
www.technologyreview.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Opinion: Despite a flurry of actions this week to extend AI leadership, the Trump administration is dismantling the very advantages that established America’s global lead in AI in the first place.
I have an essay in MIT @techreview
today showing how “Trump’s AI Action Plan is a Distraction”—his administration is gutting the very policies that built US AI leadership. www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/24/1...
today showing how “Trump’s AI Action Plan is a Distraction”—his administration is gutting the very policies that built US AI leadership. www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/24/1...
Trump’s AI Action Plan is a distraction
Despite a flurry of actions this week to extend AI leadership, the White House is dismantling the very advantages that established America’s global lead in AI in the first place.
www.technologyreview.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I have an essay in MIT @techreview
today showing how “Trump’s AI Action Plan is a Distraction”—his administration is gutting the very policies that built US AI leadership. www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/24/1...
today showing how “Trump’s AI Action Plan is a Distraction”—his administration is gutting the very policies that built US AI leadership. www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/24/1...