Amba Kak

Thrilled to have our work recognized as central in holding a notoriously impervious industry to account time.com/7012875/amba-k… #TIME100AI There's power in saying the unpopular thing, even if there is also discomfort :) Grateful to team @AINowInstitute and those we walk with ❤️

A 99–1 Senate vote against a 10-year AI regulation ban is a win for democracy and public safety. As @ambaonadventure told at @Bloomberg, we’ve seen what happens when tech regulation waits and we can’t afford to fall behind. Read more here: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Our 2025 report exposes how unaccountable AI power is reshaping the social, economic, and political fabric of our lives, and how workers, organizers, and policymakers can push back. Covered in @WIRED by @lmatsakis: wired.com/story/report-a…

Big Tech and Big Oil are trying to write the rules for AI at the expense of our well-being and safety. We won't stand for that. Today, a coalition of 90+ organizations launched the People's AI Action plan to contrast Trump's industry-backed AI executive orders.

The White House released its AI Action plan this morning. We know where it came from: straight from Big Tech. But there’s another path available to us: we and over 100 other orgs called for a People’s AI Action Plan. Read it here: peoplesaiaction.com apnews.com/article/trump-…

The 90+ organizations supporting a People's AI Action Plan all have concrete, actionable ideas for an AI agenda that furthers the interests of everyday people and challenges the tech billionaire agenda we’ll see from the White House. Learn more about them: peoplesaiaction.com

Today the OpenAI Nonprofit Commission released a report asserting OpenAI is ‘positioned to be a force of good in this Age of Intelligence’. The report also claims that AI Now was among the orgs participating in the listening process that led to this report. We did not.

I've always felt uncomfortable with framing AI risk around the actions of "malicious actors". Because sometimes the malicious actor is the company that built the thing & a model is causing harm because it was successfully steered into doing exactly what its creators wanted it to.

The AI moratorium defeat is a win. Now it’s time to build enforceable protections. @ambaonadventure spoke to @grace_huckins on the road ahead: “It’s easier for all of us to agree on what we don’t want. The harder question is: What is it that we do want?" shorturl.at/1LPy6

.@Kabakab sat down with @nova_safo at @Marketplace to speak about algorithmic decision systems’ impact on people's everyday lives, like deciding whether someone qualifies for a bank loan or whether a rental application is approved. Full episode here: marketplace.org/episode/2025/0…

Watch @sarahbmyers @bcmerchant @ruchowdh break it down in this excellent primer by @MorePerfectUS on the mythologies that sustain Big Tech AI power; and how we might pull the rug from under them!

Many AI firms have coasted on the assurance they can experiment in the wild without worrying much about compliance with existing law - now we all agree a 10 year ban would be a wildly irresponsible move, can we get down to business (for real this time)?

This is not business as usual. My new UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, is out today. It shows how corporations have fueled and legitimised the destruction of Palestine. Genocide, it would seem, is profitable. This cannot continue, accountability must…

Microsoft and Meta’s top priority in BBB down in flames.

.@ambaonadventure argues that the 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation is an unfair bargain for bipartisan lawmakers whose districts rely on BEAD funding. Read more in @PolitiFact: politifact.com/article/2025/j…

We recently published Artificial Power: 2025 Landscape Report. It’s an all-in-one resource to explain why it’s troubling for tech companies to push AI into every corner of our social, political, and economic lives. Read it here: ainowinstitute.org/publications/r…

A fight lies ahead to stop the AI law moratorium and defend states’ rights to protect their people. Unconventional alliances may form, but we can’t waver on the long game. The public must set the terms for AI accountability. Read our warning in TPP: shorturl.at/1pS1Q

Instead of debating how “good” technologies like ChatGPT are, we should be asking whether the AI industry’s unaccountable power is good for society. Read our 2025 Landscape Report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape

It’s an all hands on deck moment for taking on corporate abuse. Excited to join @ZohranKMamdani and @ZephyrTeachout to discuss how local government can join the fight.

"Silicon Valley's scale-at-all-costs approach to AI development … is an extraordinary type of AI development that is causing a lot of social, labor and environmental harms," says technology reporter @_KarenHao, author of the new book "Empire of AI."

At our launch event for @_KarenHao's new book, Empire of AI, @linamkhan spoke on the ramifications of Big Tech’s consolidated control over AI. Watch the full recording: ainowinstitute.org/news/announcem…