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View the joint statement and coalition website here WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a broad coalition of 90+ tech, economic justice, consumer protection, labor, environmental justice, and civil society organizations launched the People’s AI Action Plan to provide a direct counter-weight to President Trump’s industry-backed AI executive orders and agenda, which will be announced over the coming The post People’s AI Action Plan Launches to Provide Counter-Weight to Trump’s Industry-Backed AI Plan and EOs appeared first on AI Now Institute.

Big Tech’s power "is contingent on a public that is submissive [and] passive,” as Amba Kak says in Brian Bergstein’s Boston Globe piece. But that's changing. The public is reasserting power and demanding a say in our technological future. The post Facebook blocked my family. We have no idea why. appeared first on AI Now Institute.

The moratorium fight may have signaled a bigger political shift. “In the last few months, we’ve seen a much broader and more diverse coalition form in support of AI regulation generally,” says Amba Kak, co–executive director of the AI Now Institute. After years of relative inaction, politicians are getting concerned about the risks of unregulated artificial intelligence. The post Why the AI moratorium’s defeat may signal a new political era appeared first on AI Now Institute.

AI companies are spending millions to get the laws they want. They're not trying to cure cancer, or save America. These companies want to make $100 billion overnight, and they're willing to sponsor dangerous laws to make it happen. The post What Open AI Doesn’t Want You to Know appeared first on AI Now Institute.

“If there’s one lesson from the last decade of social media,” Kak added, “it’s that it’s difficult, maybe even impossible, to catch up with this tech sector once business models and practices have already been entrenched.” The post Senators Came to Their Senses on AI Regulation Ban appeared first on AI Now Institute.

A wide swath of groups and lawmakers from across the political spectrum have raised alarms about the proposal to ban state-level regulations of AI for the next five years. The post The GOP bill that would unleash AI is getting closer to passing. AI Now’s Amba Kak says the plan keeps getting worse. appeared first on AI Now Institute.

Amba Kak, co-executive director of AI Now and another coauthor of the report, says that her organization “has been quite focused” on government policy as a way to enact change, but adds that it’s become clear those levers will be unsuccessful unless power is built from below. “We need to make sure that AI is The post Facing a Changing Industry, AI Activists Rethink Their Strategy appeared first on AI Now Institute.

In California, the state Senate has voted in favor of a so-called AI Bill of Rights, which would establish new guardrails around automated decision systems (ADS). To learn more about them, Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Kate Brennan, associate director of the think tank AI Now Institute. The post California seeks new guardrails on automated AI systems appeared first on AI Now Institute.

"I can imagine that for lawmakers, Republican or Democrat, whose districts rely on BEAD funding for broadband access to their rural communities, it's really a strange bargain," Kak said. The post ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could block AI regulations for 10 years, leaving its harms unchecked appeared first on AI Now Institute.

We must remain vigilant against a scenario that’s as harmful as no regulation itself: weak regulation that serves to legitimize the AI industry’s behavior and continue business as usual. A federal law that imposes baseline transparency disclosures and then restricts states’ ability to impose additional—or stricter—requirements could place us on a dangerous trajectory of inaction. The post The Storm Clouds Looming Past the State Moratorium: Weak Regulation is as Bad as None appeared first on AI Now Institute.