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The AI Safety Debate Has Lost the Plot. We Asked 10 Experts What the Real Nightmares Are

AI Now's Chief AI Scientist Heidy Khlaaf distinguishes between real concerns around AI safety and unsubstantiated extinction claims, while pointing to the existing field of risk assessment with its rigorous standards, techniques, and methods.

Palantir hires a former Democratic senator as it faces scrutiny in new Congress

As tech companies face growing criticism and backlash, AI Now's Senior Economic and National Security Fellow Aya Ibrahim warns that they will go to great lengths to burnish their reputations and avoid accountability.

2026 election breakdown: Americans vote down data centers, AI and oligarchy

Sophie Song, AI Now's Data Center Policy Fellow, joins Brian Merchant, Molly White, and Dave Karpf for a roundtable discussion about what the midterms mean for AI, data centers, and the tech industry.

OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election

In response to an essay written by OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, AI Now's Kate Brennan says "This is written by a private company that is trying to advocate for policies for its own benefit. It is ahistorical at best and harmful at worst.”

Coming Soon: Guest Report on AI Corporate Structure and Mission Accountability

Who will get to define the danger?

At the People's AI Assembly, the crowd, spilling onto the balconies, laughed at Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s jokes, cheered former antitrust chief Lina Khan, and hung on the every word of writers Arundhati Roy, Karen Hao and Naomi Klein.

COP31 pledge on AI lacks climate targets, critics say

Ahead of COP31, a proposed artificial intelligence pledge lacks any concrete climate targets and allows signatories to determine what steps they take. "We can't trust them to grade their own homework," says AI Now's Alli Finn.

What Should the Rules for A.I. Companies Actually Be? We Asked the Experts.

AI Now's Senior Director Kate Brennan joined a roundtable discussion with AI experts and leaders, pushing the conversation away from abstract risk and toward the very real harms caused by AI companies willing to gamble with our lives and our economy.

A.I.’s Rogue Behavior Starts With Its Training

AI Now's senior research scientist Boyan Milanov points out how the failure to implement standard cybersecurity protocols is the responsibility of AI companies.

The big tech defectors you’re not hearing about

AI Now's journalist in residence Brian Merchant reflects on the People's AI Assembly, held in NYC on October 19th.

“Apocalypse Now and Then”: Author Arundhati Roy on Artificial Intelligence, Capitalism & More

Following the People's AI Assembly, acclaimed author Arundhati Roy joins Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh to discuss the rise of artificial intelligence, which she calls "capitalism's final destination."

The Bots Are Just The Closers

Author Naomi Klein reflects on the People's AI Assembly, her podium remarks, and her conversation with Arundhati Roy and Karen Hao.

Amid AI Boom, “Risk Is Spreading Throughout the Economy”: Astra Taylor & Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor join a wide-ranging conversation on the multitrillion-dollar global investment in artificial intelligence and its reverberating effects around the world.

Zohran Mamdani Backs Major Expansion of New York’s Data Center Moratorium

At the People's AI Assembly, hosted by AI Now and More Perfect Union, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and comedian Ilana Glazer discuss data center expansion and how the public can reassert control over AI.

Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back

At The People’s AI Assembly, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani argued that the technology’s rapid rollout is not inevitable and that public officials should hold AI companies accountable.

New York City Mayor Mamdani on Artificial Intelligence and Tech Innovation

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani discussed artificial intelligence and tech innovation at an event co-hosted by AI Now Institute and More Perfect Union.

When Workers, Driving Customers or Saving Lives in the ER, Become Independent Contractors

AI Now's Katie Wells explains how AI technology is being deployed in the healthcare industry, drawing on research and findings from our "Uber for Nursing" report.

The $5 Trillion AI Bet You’re Already Paying For

Co-executive director Amba Kak joins Agents of Tech to unpack the consolidation of power among tech monopolies, the slow bailout of AI companies that the public is footing, regulation for the industry, and more.