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@earthjustice.orgReposted by @ainowinstitute.bsky.socialAI data center developers are increasingly pursuing "Bring Your Own Power" (BYOP) strategies, where they build their own power plants. These BYOP plants (which are usually gas) often evade regulations and harm communities. It’s time to stop this massive buildout.
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialFor too long we’ve ceded the argument to tech companies that they’re the only ones who can fix the problems they’ve caused. AI Now’s @smw.bsky.social says it's time to stop giving grace to companies that are willing to cause damage to others. Watch via @c-span.bsky.social: bit.ly/4s5eGQ3
@ainowinstitute.bsky.social“Maximize friction if and when AI is integrated into NYC systems. Address the harms that NYers already face. Don’t lose sight of the concentration of power in AI,” said AI Now’s Aashna Agarwal.
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialThis week, the New York City Council convened a rare Committee of the Whole hearing to examine the risks posed by AI. AI Now’s Aashna Agarwal testified on the concrete risks of AI acceleration and called on the council to use its power and leverage to protect New Yorkers.
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialComedian, writer, and activist Ilana Glazer will join The People’s AI Assembly to moderate a conversation with former FTC Chair Lina Khan. Join us & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th. Get tickets or sign up for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialUBC Professor of Climate Justice and author Naomi Klein (@naomiaklein.bsky.social) will join The People’s AI Assembly. Join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th! Get tickets or sign up for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialMatthew Rodriguez, Co-Founder of @projectamanecer.bsky.social & Data Center Organizing Director at @athenaforall.bsky.social, will join The People’s AI Assembly to talk about resistance to data center developments happening across the US. Get tickets or sign up for the livestream: bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialKOTA the Friend will perform at The People’s AI Assembly! Join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th. Get tickets or sign up for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialIndependent writer Jasmine Sun will join The People’s AI Assembly. Join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th!
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@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialFormer Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan will join The People’s AI Assembly. Join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th! Get tickets or register for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialNoam Scheiber (@noamscheiber.bsky.social), domestic correspondent with @nytimes.com, will join our labor panel at The People’s AI Assembly! Join us & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct 19th. Get tickets or register for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly
@rooseveltinstitute.orgReposted by @ainowinstitute.bsky.socialIn a panel conversation moderated by @edwardongwesojr.com, @ainowinstitute.bsky.social Co-Director @ambakak.bsky.social and @saalevine.bsky.social explain why the past few decades of tech regulation prove that "self-regulation" for AI must be a non-starter.
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialAI companies are calling for regulation in ways that let them set the rules, not independent parties who can hold them to account.
“If you read between the lines, everything [Amodei] advocates [for] is something that would help companies like Anthropic,” says AI Now's Boyan Milanov bit.ly/3TxmJbq
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialAuthor Arundhati Roy will join The People’s AI Assembly. Join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th! Get tickets or register for the livestream at bit.ly/ai-assembly.
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialReporter and author of Empire of AI @karenhao.bsky.social will join The People’s AI Assembly, co-hosted with @moreperfectunion.bsky.social. Get tickets or register for the livestream on Oct. 19th: bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialTomorrow (10/1), join AI Now's @katiejwells.bsky.social and Declan Cullen for a conversation about the impact of app-based delivery apps and the gig economy on DC. Hosted by @freedcproject.bsky.social & @claudiajonesschool.bsky.social.
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@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialGrandell “Bird” Hallett Logan, spokesperson of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, will speak from the frontlines of data center resistance at The People’s AI Assembly. Join us & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social on Oct. 19th in NYC or online.
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@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialKeShaun Pearson (@keshaunpearson.bsky.social), ED of Memphis Community Against Pollution, will join The People’s AI Assembly to share how on-the-ground organizers are fighting against extractive data centers being built in their communities. Register here: bit.ly/ai-assembly
@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialLorena Gonzalez, President of @californialabor.bsky.social will join us & @moreperfectunion.bsky.social at The People's AI Assembly on Oct 19th.
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@ainowinstitute.bsky.socialBhairavi Desai, Executive Director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, will join us and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social at The People's AI Assembly on Oct 19th.
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