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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.

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December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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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-...
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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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.

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November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
dmyers.bsky.social
The US Botanic Garden holiday displays are up! These monuments are entirely made with plant materials.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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-...
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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.”

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404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · Nov 14
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.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
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.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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.

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Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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smw.bsky.social
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-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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smw.bsky.social
New work on the effects of the 'AI arms race' on nuclear licensing and deployment. It highlights that key protections - particularly to ensure the safety of communities where nuclear plants are operating - are being rolled back in order to speed AI deployment. Read more below 👇
heidykhlaaf.bsky.social Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · Nov 12
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.
Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI - AI Now Institute
A report examining nuclear “fast-tracking” initiatives on their feasibility and their impact on nuclear safety, security, and safeguards.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
dmyers.bsky.social
At the US Botanic Garden now!

Pomegranate
Toad Lily (x2)
Cypress Vine
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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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:
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Are AI Companies Cooking the Books? w/ Sarah Myers West
YouTube video by The Maybe
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September 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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-...
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
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Every election is decided by those who show up. Step one to showing up is being registered!

Help #RegisterDemocrats with @FieldTeam6.org and let’s make every voice heard this National Voter Registration Day!

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September 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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If you agree that Kennedy needs to resign, then one thing you can do right now is contact your Members of Congress--its takes literally like a minute: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress: Demand Kennedy Resign
Contact Congress today!
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September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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September 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Hummingbirds are getting ready to migrate! They love blue black salvia
September 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Passionflower and Butterfly weed seed pods
September 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 61 “Winning the Race to Hell”

www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

in which AI Now Institute’s @kate-brennan.bsky.social and @smw.bsky.social join me and @alexhanna.bsky.social to wade through the muck that is Trump’s AI Action Plan
August 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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smw.bsky.social
Really thrilled about the recognition of Heidy's pathbreaking and deeply necessary work - first in TIME #AI100 and now in MIT Tech Review. Wait till you see what she's cooking up next!
heidykhlaaf.bsky.social Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · Sep 8
Being recognised in MIT's 35 Under 35 just a week after being in TIME100 AI is such an honour! The profile gets to the heart of the motivation of my work, which includes the use of AI in Gaza that has contributed to a devastating death toll: www.technologyreview.com/innovator/he...
September 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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ainowinstitute.bsky.social
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.”

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Did Sam Altman Accidentally Admit That the AI Bubble Is Here?
A recent CNBC interview with the OpenAI CEO shows that tech leaders are changing how they judge AI models.
www.inc.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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smw.bsky.social
The evidence on AI’s failures in the classroom is why the AAUP’s latest report on AI in higher education calls for faculty control in AI decisions - read their survey here: www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
July 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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mediajustice.bsky.social
Trump's new #AIActionPlan threatens to expand the surveillance and criminalization of our people under the guise of “innovation.”

We’re breaking down what this means and how we can resist next WEDS, 7/30 at 6PM ET | 3PM PT,
bit.ly/our-techfuture
Webinar graphic for our upcoming webinar "Our Tech Future," which is centered on top in bold green text. Under it reads: "A community response webinar to Trump's AI Action Plan." with Trump crossed out stylistically. In the lower lefthand corner of the graphic is a greyed out Trump with the white Chat GPT logo on each eye. A red stylistic element is behind him. On the right is the date of our webinar in the same bold green color: "July 30, 6PM ET." Photo credit of Trump is Getty Images. Our webinar speaker graphic is on top of our pinkish bold background. On the top is our title: Our Tech Future Webinar." Below in bold black letters is "Hosted by." Below this is a picture of our Sr. Movement Building Director, Myaisha Hayes, and our Executive Director, Steven Renderos." Below their titles in the same bold black letters is "Speakers." A headshot follows, with the name and title of Sarah Myers West, Co-Executive Director of AI Now Institute. Finally, below that is "And more..." In the background, there is a picture of community resistance against a data center in Memphis TN. The final graphic for our webinar states in the center. "Join the call to find out who is behind Trump's AI Action Plan?" Trump is stylistically crossed out. In the lower righthand corner shows two composed images of protestors against Elon Musk. Toward the left is the date and final details of our webinar: "July 30, 6PM ET. Register for free." Finally our bit.ly link is below: "bit.ly/our-techfuture"
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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mediajustice.bsky.social
We’re featuring @smw.bsky.social, Co-ED at @ainowinstitute.bsky.social, and more‬, who will discuss the implications of Trump's AI plan and how we can fight back.

Join us 7/30 at 6PM ET by registering today ⬇️
mediajustice.bsky.social MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · Jul 24
Trump's new #AIActionPlan threatens to expand the surveillance and criminalization of our people under the guise of “innovation.”

We’re breaking down what this means and how we can resist next WEDS, 7/30 at 6PM ET | 3PM PT,
bit.ly/our-techfuture
Webinar graphic for our upcoming webinar "Our Tech Future," which is centered on top in bold green text. Under it reads: "A community response webinar to Trump's AI Action Plan." with Trump crossed out stylistically. In the lower lefthand corner of the graphic is a greyed out Trump with the white Chat GPT logo on each eye. A red stylistic element is behind him. On the right is the date of our webinar in the same bold green color: "July 30, 6PM ET." Photo credit of Trump is Getty Images. Our webinar speaker graphic is on top of our pinkish bold background. On the top is our title: Our Tech Future Webinar." Below in bold black letters is "Hosted by." Below this is a picture of our Sr. Movement Building Director, Myaisha Hayes, and our Executive Director, Steven Renderos." Below their titles in the same bold black letters is "Speakers." A headshot follows, with the name and title of Sarah Myers West, Co-Executive Director of AI Now Institute. Finally, below that is "And more..." In the background, there is a picture of community resistance against a data center in Memphis TN. The final graphic for our webinar states in the center. "Join the call to find out who is behind Trump's AI Action Plan?" Trump is stylistically crossed out. In the lower righthand corner shows two composed images of protestors against Elon Musk. Toward the left is the date and final details of our webinar: "July 30, 6PM ET. Register for free." Finally our bit.ly link is below: "bit.ly/our-techfuture"
July 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM