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AI firms are spending trillions on infrastructure, but does the demand exist to justify it? "The returns are not coming in & the claims that are being made in terms of efficiency or productivity numbers are not netting out." cbsnews.com/news/ai-bubble-tech-selloff-investment-c…

Big Tech is spending trillions on AI. Investors now want proof it will pay off. cbsnews.com

AI Now's Chief AI Scientist @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social joined @democracynow.org to demystify the misconceptions around AI in military decision making and discuss our visual project with @airwars.bsky.social: ai-killchain.airwars.org

Interactive: Anatomy Of An AI Kill Chain ai-killchain.airwars.org

Public concern is growing around the impact of AI in our everyday lives. AI Now's @smw.bsky.social warns that opposition is deeper than a simple PR issue. People can see what their jobs and lives will be like with this technology, and are pushing back: www.cnbc.com/2026/08/29/…

Tech backlash reaches fever pitch as AI angst collides with social media fears cnbc.com

Who regulates AI when Washington won’t? @smw.bsky.social joins @usatoday.com's The Excerpt to discuss how AI companies “are being allowed to grade their own homework” and how to fill these regulatory gaps to protect frontline communities. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/pod…

Who regulates AI when Washington won’t? podcasts.apple.com

‘Uber for Nursing Part II’ featured in the @theguardian.com. The future of the care economy could offer little of the stability and safeguards that workers and patients have fought so hard to win if gig nursing platforms get to set the rules.

Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate theguardian.com

Workers can't be an afterthought as AI is deployed in workplaces. Kate Brennan in @wsj.com: “What’s being sold is this idea of productivity and efficiency, and what that means for the people doing the actual work is rarely part of the conversation."

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We're hiring a Senior Fellow, Global Programs to lead our work at the intersection of AI, industrial strategy, trade, and global political economy - building on our AI Nationalism(s) research and partnerships & research network outside the US and EU. Remote and PT: ainowinstit…

AI Now is Hiring a Senior Fellow, Global Programs - AI Now Institute ainowinstitute.org

Our latest research, “Friendly Fire,” uncovers a proof-of-concept exploit that shows how popular AI agents from Anthropic and OpenAI can be turned against their own users when deployed for cyber defense. ainowinstitute.org/publications...

Friendly Fire: Hijacking Defensive Cyber AI Agents for Remote Code Execution - AI Now Institute ainowinstitute.org

AI Now's Alli Finn joined @dreamingagainstthemachine.com to speak with host @adambecker.bsky.social and @athenaforall.bsky.social's Matt Rodriguez about the speed and scale of data center construction, its impact on surrounding communities, and how people can fight back. youtu…

Episode 20: Resisting AI Data Centers, with Alli Finn and Matt Rodriguez youtu.be

AI Now's Chief AI Scientist @heidykhlaaf.bsky.social joined @amanpourcopbs.bsky.social to unpack what really happened when OpenAI's agents broke out of their test environment, and how it's really a story of a lack of responsibility, basic engineering practices & accountability…

What Really Happened When OpenAI Bots Escaped a Cybersecurity Test? | Amanpour and Company youtu.be

At the Seattle City Council, @katiejwells.bsky.social explained what happens to fair pricing when retailers adopt AI-powered algorithms. She shared why it is so hard to document this practice and highlighted @moreperfectunion.bsky.social’s grocery pricing investigation, which did just that.

This week, @smw.bsky.social testified before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Her testimony highlighted the economic risks of the ‘AI bubble’ – a race to the bottom, where the American people absorb all of the downsides; higher prices, job loss and devaluation.