Big Tech is spending trillions on AI. Investors now want proof it will pay off.
"The current push for AI adoption that we're seeing is directly coming from the financial incentives of AI firms," she added. Because of the massive capital expenditures, the hyperscalers and other AI firms are making a "deliberate push for AI everywhere — no matter whether the demand is there or if customers want it or not."
CBS News
Jun 26, 2026
Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate
Over the past few years, some hospital networks have outsourced parts of their core workforces to AI-powered labor platforms like ShiftMed, CareRev and Clipboard Health. These platforms have been described as “Uber for nursing”, with a sales pitch that mirrors the early days of the platform economy.
The Guardian
Jun 18, 2026
New Study Sparks Questions Over Uber and Lyft’s Ride Pricing
A new Consumer Reports investigation finds Uber and Lyft customers are often given different fares when they book the same rides at the same time. While Uber and Lyft have long used surge pricing, the new findings are raising questions about whether the apps are using personalized or surveillance pricing based on customers’ personal data. NBC’s Vicky Nguyen reports for TODAY.
TODAY Show
Jun 16, 2026
Different Prices for the Same Ride: How Uber and Lyft Use AI to Get More Money Out of You
The way Uber uses algorithms and AI to change prices makes it near-impossible for consumers to comparison shop or understand why a friend standing nearby might receive an entirely different price, experts say. “Now they’re going further and attacking the idea of a reference price,” says Katie Wells, senior fellow at AI Now.
Consumer Reports
Jun 16, 2026
Could AI Supercharge the Government Surveillance Stack?
Heidy Khlaaf, Chief AI Scientist at the AI Now Institute, said that the very data used to train [frontier AI] models—often scraped from the public Web or procured via data brokers—enables “dual-use” capabilities that facilitate state monitoring.
Communications of the ACM
Jun 16, 2026
Europe’s AI Sovereignty Problem Runs Far Deeper Than Frontier Access
AI Now's Frederike Kaltheuner and Leevi Saari make the case that Europe’s AI market is deeply entangled with the ecosystems of dominant US players, in ways that boosting both supply and demand alone cannot disentangle.
Tech Policy Press
Jun 15, 2026
Silicon Valley Is Turning Nurses Into Gig Workers—With Katie J. Wells
The Uber model is finally coming for healthcare. Katie J. Wells joins Paris Marx on the Tech Won't Save Us podcast to discuss how much the healthcare gig apps resemble Uber’s rollout, why they aren’t being properly regulated, and the effects they’re having on staff and patients alike.
The Nation
Jun 11, 2026
Here’s How Long It Will Take for AI to Reach Its Potential
“What is being sold is this idea of productivity and efficiency,” says Kate Brennan, associate director of the AI Now Institute, an AI-policy research center, “and what that means for the people doing the actual work is rarely part of the conversation.”
The Wall Street Journal
Jun 7, 2026
Anthropic says the world should have option to ‘pause’ on AI
Some experts, however, suggested that there could be more hype behind Anthropic’s Mythos announcement than substance, especially given the vagueness with which the company described some of Mythos’s capabilities. Heidy Khlaaf, the chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute, called the announcement of Mythos “a marketing post”.
The Guardian
Jun 5, 2026
Series: What Europe’s AI Market Actually Looks Like
In this 3-part mini series, AI Now's Frederike Kaltheuner and Leevi Saari explore Europe's AI market, how it's entangled with US systems and companies, and where it's headed.
Tech Policy Press
Jun 4, 2026
An Uber-like app for nursing gigs?
Reporter Varsha Bansal talks to Katie Wells, a senior fellow at AI Now Institute, about gig nursing apps — think Uber or Hinge for nursing.
Proof News
Jun 2, 2026
To Save Democracy, We Need to Reimagine the Economy
When your paycheck is determined by an opaque algorithm that pits you against your neighbor in a race to the bottom, the political agency required for a functioning democracy evaporates.
TIME
Jun 2, 2026
Union Seeks Ban on ‘Surveillance Pricing’ at Grocery Stores
As grocery stories roll out electronic shelf labels, AI Now's Dr. Katie Wells comments on the lack of transparency and accountability around whether retailers use algorithmic pricing practices.
Civil Eats
May 19, 2026
Your boss’s AI may already be reading your Slack messages
Amba Kak, executive director of the AI Now Institute at New York University, previously told CNBC that the rise in message monitoring is concerning—not just because of what employees might say, but because of how doing so infringes on their rights.
Fast Company
May 19, 2026
Down With the AI Overlords—With Sarah Myers West
AI Now's Sarah Myers West joins the Fighting Fascism podcast to discuss how AI is concentrating power among a handful of oligarchs—and how its future could be made more democratic.
The Nation
May 12, 2026
Europe’s AI translation industry told it risks reputation by partnering with US firms
Leevi Saari, AI Now's EU Policy Fellow, discusses the pull of the AI industry in the U.S., and how it impacts companies and economies in Europe.
The Guardian
May 7, 2026
Musk v Altman and the ‘manifest destiny’ of AI
Billionaire tech CEOs like to claim that they're the only ones we can trust to be in charge of AI and its impacts on the world. “It reminds me of manifest-destiny language,” said Sarah Myers West, co-executive director of AI Now,
Reuters
May 6, 2026
AI is disrupting nursing as Uber-like apps grow and set earnings and work schedules
The gig-work apps for nursing share parallels with Uber and other established gig-work apps, said AI Now's Katie Wells. For both groups of apps, algorithms play a prominent role in how users work, from determining pay to handling potential account deactivations.
Business Insider
May 3, 2026
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