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AI Now Institute
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AI Now Institute is a prominent civil society voice in AI governance debates; its work complements technical AI safety research by addressing sociotechnical harms, regulatory design, and corporate accountability — relevant context for understanding the broader policy landscape around AI deployment.
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Summary
The AI Now Institute is a leading research center studying the social and political dimensions of artificial intelligence, with a focus on accountability, power structures, and policy interventions. It produces reports, briefings, and analysis examining how AI systems affect labor, civil rights, and democratic governance. The institute advocates for regulatory frameworks that protect public interests from concentrations of corporate AI power.
Key Points
- •Produces annual AI Now Reports analyzing emerging AI harms, policy gaps, and structural power dynamics in the AI industry.
- •Focuses on accountability and oversight mechanisms, including auditing requirements, algorithmic transparency, and enforcement of existing regulations.
- •Examines how AI deployment intersects with civil rights, labor rights, and surveillance, particularly for marginalized communities.
- •Advocates for limiting unchecked corporate AI power through antitrust action, public interest regulation, and democratic governance of AI.
- •Bridges academic research and policy advocacy, informing regulators, lawmakers, and civil society organizations.
Review
The AI Now Institute represents a critical research organization dedicated to understanding and addressing the broader societal implications of artificial intelligence. Their work goes beyond technical analysis, focusing on the power dynamics, economic impacts, and potential regulatory frameworks that can help mitigate risks associated with AI development and deployment. The institute's approach is characterized by a multi-dimensional examination of AI, including its economic consequences, geopolitical dimensions, and potential social disruptions. Their research highlights key concerns such as job market transformations, regulatory challenges, and the concentration of power within AI industries. By producing reports, conducting policy research, and engaging with governmental bodies, AI Now Institute aims to provide actionable strategies for maintaining public agency in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
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| Page | Type | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| AI Now Institute | Organization | -- |
| AI Risk Public Education | Approach | 51.0 |
| AI-Driven Concentration of Power | Risk | 65.0 |
| AI-Induced Cyber Psychosis | Risk | 37.0 |
| Erosion of Human Agency | Risk | 91.0 |
| AI Knowledge Monopoly | Risk | 50.0 |
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Home - AI Now Institute Artificial Power: 2025 Landscape Report Jun 3, 2025 Our latest annual report maps the current state of play with the AI market, interrogates the industry’s key sources of power, and provides an actionable strategy to reclaim public agency over the future of AI. Read Featured Work See All North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit: State and Local Policy Interventions to Stop Rampant AI Data Center Expansion Publications Research Apr 1, 2026 Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 Publications Research Jan 15, 2026 Fission for Algorithms: The Undermining of Nuclear Regulation in Service of AI Publications Research Nov 11, 2025 Latest Press See All You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business Is an artificial-intelligence bubble about to pop? The question of whether we’re in for a replay of the 2008 housing collapse—complete with bailouts at taxpayers’ expense—has saturated the news cycle. For every day that passes without disaster, AI companies can more persuasively insist that no such market correction is coming. But the federal government is already bailing out the AI industry with regulatory changes and public funds that will protect companies in the event of a private sector pullback. Nov 13, 2025 ASML-Mistral AI: It’s the Geopolitics, Stupid While subsidies and an EU Chips Act have failed to move the needle, this deal is a blueprint for something better: It plays to Europe’s existing strengths, shows there are alternatives to what AI researcher Leevi Saari calls the “voracious pressures” of US venture capital and strengthens EU suppliers. Sep 11, 2025 Decision in US vs. Google Gets it Wrong on Generative AI Gesturing towards the importance of generative AI in the search engine market then dismissing its actual effects is a dangerous precedent. It is true that tech markets are being shaped by generative AI. But in this case the court failed to accurately examine the broader AI market and the effects of consolidated power. Sep 11, 2025 AI is costing jobs, but not always the way you think Demand for AI is strong, but there’s no guarantee this gamble will pay off according to Sarah Myers West at the AI Now Institute. Sep 9, 2025 Announcements See All AI Now Hosts Report Launch and Organizer Panel on Using Policy to Stop Data Center Expansion AI Now Institute Dec 8, 2025 AI Now’s Partnership and Strategy Lead Alli Finn Testifies at the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Technology and Information Services AI Now Institute Oct 14, 2025 AI Now Co-ED Amba Kak Gives Remarks Before the UN General Assembly on AI Governance AI Now Institute Sep 26, 2025
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