Beyond Big Tech
In partnership with AI Now
California has always created the conditions where two people with a great idea in someone’s garage can compete with behemoth, legacy corporations. This environment of competition, disruption, and technological innovation challenged the old order and birthed an industry that is the envy of the world. But the current trajectory of the tech industry is consolidating—not expanding—California’s innovation ecosystem, and actively working against the interests of everyday people.
California’s next generation of leaders can and must create the economic conditions for a pro-competition and people-first version of AI and the tech sector overall. This memo holds recommendations for how to do that.
Don’t have time to read the whole memo? Check out our explainer blog for the main takeaways.
Beyond Big TechDownloadAbout the California’s AI Future memo series
California’s AI Future is a set of policy solutions that can form the basis for a people-first AI future. Other memos in the package include:
- The Political Dynamics of AI in California: How public opinion and corporate lobbying are shaping the debate about regulating AI, and what it will take for California’s leaders to act independently.
- AI & California’s Labor Market: Reckoning with AI’s Impact on Workers: How AI tools are being used to demean and exploit workers across industries, and what California’s leaders can do about it.
- AI & Affordability in California: How algorithmic rent-fixing, data center energy costs, and surveillance pricing are driving up costs for California families—and the policy solutions that can help.
Download the memo below. Want to learn more about AI policy that puts people first? Check out our People-First AI page for more resources.
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