Well look what we have here…

It's hard to keep up, you know?

In this podcast convo with Justin Hendrix Tech Policy Press, AI Now and a few of our fellow authors of senateshadowreport.com - Just Futures Law, Surveillance Resistance Lab, ColorOfChange - debrief how it came together, and where we need to go next: 

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Hey look, it's another corporate PR stunt to feign oversight and accountability. reuters.com/technology/ope…

Great podcast episode with Sarah Myers West, nasser, Paromita Shah, and Cynthia Conti-Cook on the Shadow Report on AI Policy we were proud to release with 50+ public interest groups.
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OpenAI just created an oversight board that’s filled with its own executives and Altman himself. This is a tried and tested approach to self-regulation in tech that does virtually nothing in the way of actual oversight. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Good.

The latest action from Facebook to undercut publishers and news outlets:

Facebook is using the company’s new AI tool to summarize news articles found elsewhere online. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

AI requires 'an insane amount of compute power to will their data and work into existence — then a mind-blowing amount of actual energy to make it all happen. We're short on all of it.' axios.com/2024/05/28/ai-…

Ticketmaster's high fees and dominance over the live event market harm consumers and fans. Finally, U.S. Department of Justice will level the playing field and break up this illegal monopoly. Take notice, Big Tech. apnews.com/article/justic…

🔥KOSA ON THE MOVE: We’re thrilled about the passage of the bipartisan #KOSA out of the House Energy & Commerce IDC Subcommittee yesterday.

This is a huge step forward in protecting children and putting the onus on social media platforms to develop safe products and algorithms.

We've been saying! #ReinInBigTech x.com/thehill/status…

Hey Google, show me why AI isn't all that it's cracked up to be?