Policy research on the concentration of power in the AI industry and its social consequences.
AI Now is a New York think tank that frames AI as a question of corporate power rather than just technology. Its staff have moved between the institute and US regulators.
Focus
- Anti concentration
- Worker protection
- Fairness non discrimination
- Transparency
Funding, as far as we know
Foundation grants (Ford, MacArthur, Omidyar Network, Open Society, others) - https://ainowinstitute.org/about
What they've actually done
Published 'Artificial Power: 2025 Landscape Report' arguing AI is a power grab and proposing organiser and policymaker strategies
3 June 2025
Co-directors Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West advised the FTC (2021-23) and testified to Congress on AI competition
2021-2025
Campaigned against the 10-year federal moratorium on state AI laws, stripped from the 2025 budget bill 99-1
1 July 2025