Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Seth Moulton’s Sweetheart Deals
In Rep. Moulton’s upcoming Senate primary challenge, questions about his lucrative investments in defense tech companies may prove more important than incumbent Ed Markey’s age.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The AI Bailout Could Be Baked Into the AI Bubble
Private credit companies are key owners of AI-related assets. Many of their parent private equity firms own life insurers that are dumping grounds for bad loans—and subject to state bailouts.
Posted inTAP
The Great ‘Made in the USA’ Gambit
Amazon and Walmart are well equipped to detect deceptive claims about where products are made. Their own AI chatbots describe the choice not to act as a business decision.
Posted inWorking in America
A Great Economy Unless You Have to Work for a Living
The gap between investment income and work income has never been so glaring.
Posted inTechnology
Silicon Valley Needs Washington After All
The industry that spent 50 years insisting it didn’t need the state has discovered it can’t do without it.
Posted inTechnology
The Great AI Repricing Isn’t Going Well
Companies are backing off on their AI spending. Because investors have made such big bets on AI coming to fruition, that’s a big problem.
Posted inPodcasts
Organized Money: How to Think About AI (with Cory Doctorow)
AI might just be useful once we get through the huckster phase.
Posted inPolitics
Tech Industry Defector in NY-12 Gets Boost From New Super PAC
Guardrails Alliance has already raised $5 million and yesterday launched its first ad buys for New York state Rep. Alex Bores, who is running to replace longtime Rep. Jerry Nadler.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump and Bernie Agree: Let’s Own AI!
One’s a narcissist, the other’s a socialist, but there’s room for all in this improbable coming together.