States are enacting bipartisan policy measures that federal preemption would block.

Regulation is needed to stop the unsafe, unethical, antidemocratic and antiworker use of AI.

The lack of federal guardrails creates a regulatory vacuum.

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AFL-CIO (@aflcio.org): "Trump AI Action Plan Is ‘A Gift to Big Tech’...

...Lawmakers in Congress and the states should reject this failed deregulatory playbook. We must advance and defend federal and state policies that protect us from harmful or dangerous AI."

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NEW: For @prospect.org our @dylangyauchl.bsky.social writes about Ted Cruz's SANDBOX Act and how it could waive nearly all federal regulation for tech companies.
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"Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir" - @us.theguardian.com.

Glad @justfutureslaw.bsky.social is working on this. Everyone needs to know about these connections between big tech and rising authoritarianism.

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"if you’re in San Francisco on Thursday for the AI Conference, stop by on your way in and talk to us. It’s free. We’re the real face of the workers at companies like Uber and Lyft — and our jobs are being negatively impacted by the adoption of AI."

To make sure AI serves workers—not just tech monopolies—we need bold action: corporate regulation, worker voice, and sectoral bargaining.

Read more from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social on the scale of #AI concentration in a new blog w/ @eop.aspeninstitute.org ⤵️ www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w...

Tech giants have spent more than $100 billion on data center construction just this summer in the name of “progress”- but this new report from @mediajustice.bsky.social reveals just how much the opposite of that is happening in Southern communities:

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US lawmakers held their first major hearing on the safety of AI chatbots in the wake of damaging reports that they have encouraged self-harm and exposed youth to sensual material. Check out highlights and a transcript of the session here:

“This new technology is making it harder for me to make a living driving for Uber”, writes Daryush K-Mobarakeh in the Chronicle.

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A lot of chatter on the r/uberdrivers Reddit...

Think this would interest you @alexhanna.bsky.social and @veenadubal.bsky.social