So will legislators step up to the plate or miss the moment? Learn more about what Californians think about AI and AI policy: techequity.us/2025/08/19/h...

Register here to join a Nov 18th panel of experts—including @tnewmsblues.bsky.social (Senior VP of Labor) and Swati Chintala (Labor Research Manager)—to explore concrete steps that communities, civil society, and governments can take today to stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline: bit.ly/stopAIsurvei...

From the origins of the “power law” to Peter Thiel's lectures on the Antichrist, this is the story of an industry that is making its biggest and riskiest bet yet—against American democracy.

In this episode of @thenerdreich.com.web.brid.gy, TechEquity CEO and author of "World Eaters," @catherinebracy.com joins @gilduran.com to talk about how VC's jackpot logic has warped innovation, infected the economy, and is now blitzscaling authoritarianism in DC.

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Now that the 2025 legislative session is over and Governor Gavin Newsom has signed his final bills for the year, here is an overview of our hard-fought wins, our plans deferred, and our hopes for the future.

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We continued to center our legislative work in California—where many tech companies are headquartered—because we’ve seen that when policy is enacted in California, it has ripple effects across the country and around the world.

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We stayed strong in our focus on state-level reforms to address how tech and AI are exacerbating economic inequality, particularly in labor and housing.

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That's it for this week. Leave your #TopFive in the comments, and follow us for more news about tech's impact on the economy.

5) ICE continues to employ biased facial recognition software to advance its goals, scanning people’s faces to verify citizenship... www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

and giving local law enforcement a facial recognition app to locate immigrants. www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...

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4) From Maryland to Los Angeles, generative AI tools are popping up in state and local governments across the country. @statescoop.bsky.social @colinwood.me

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3) After a year of mass layoffs, the CEO of Microsoft announces that the company will expand again, using AI as leverage against workers. This begs the question: how many of the mass layoffs at major companies are really about replacing workers with AI? @cnbc.com

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2) Across the country, New York City elected a new mayor and approved a slate of proposals to build affordable housing. @nymag.com @niaprater.bsky.social

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1) This week, California voters approved Proposition 50, which will temporarily redistrict California to advantage Democrats to counterbalance the redistricting of Texas to advantage Republicans. @calmatters.org @jeannereporter.bsky.social @mayacmiller.bsky.social

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Tomorrow, we’re unlearning the inevitability of “scale” as the measure of success in tech. @alixdunn.com will chat with Jess Rimington, co-author of “Beloved Economies” and founder of Possible Futures; and @catherinebracy.com, author of “World Eaters” and CEO of @techequity.bsky.social.

In fact, of the data workers surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity, 87% report they are regularly assigned tasks for which they are not adequately trained.

Check out this breakdown of our report "Ghost Workers in the AI Machine" to learn more: techequity.us/2025/10/14/g...