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An emerging AI Accountability template runs the risk of entrenching power within the tech industry, and undercuts structural solutions.

Despite mounting evidence of harm and untested scientific claims, biometric systems are still quietly proliferating.

AI Now examines how big tech infrastructures contribute to unsustainable futures.

The AI ecosystem’s rapid growth has overshadowed critical questions about societal benefits and alignment with public interest.

The AI Now Institute’s latest publications explore themes related to confronting tech power.

The EU has not prioritized ensuring public money and resources align with public interest in its industrial policy.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Alphabet dominate large language AI models due to their existing market power, data, and resources.

On October 18th, 2023, AI Now's Managing Director Sarah Myers West gave remarks to the International Competition Network.

AI Now’s co-directors received the 2024 AI Policy Leader Award at CAIDP’s AI Policy Awards, highlighting the Institute’s 2016 founding.

AI Now Co-Executive Directors Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West issued the following statement: “Let’s be clear about what this process was about, from start to finish: despite a pressing need for regulatory intervention, in the end, the nine “insight forums” functioned as a stalling tactic. Rather than act on the mountains of evidence and […]

AI Now recently posted open positions for Associate Director and Operations Director roles.

Amba Kak designs and advocates for public-interest technology policy, currently co-leading AI Now’s research on AI and concentrated power.

Aya Ibrahim is a strategist and policy expert recognized for her leadership at the intersection of technology, economy, and national security. As a Senior Fellow at AI Now, she drives AI Now’s policy work in the national security domain. She previously served as a Senior Advisor on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff, the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, and on the National Economic Council where she led on the President’s Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights and t

Dr. Heidy Khlaaf specializes in safety engineering for autonomous and complex software systems, including nuclear and aviation applications.

AI Now challenges and reimagines the current trajectory of AI development.