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Are You Sure You’re Not Being Surveilled At Work?
We spoke with the director of one organization that contributed to the California Bossware report published this month.
 • JJ Lansing
Nathan Fielder Poses The Question: Is Everything Manipulation?
The film You Can See Everything gives us an inside look at the life of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes. In doing so, it provides a glimpse into…
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Block the IPO
We Can’t Trust Anthropic’s Financial Disclosures. That Means It Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Go Public.
 • Matt Scherer
Anthropic’s Billionaire Co-Founder Completes Conservative Rebrand
Tom Brown isn’t just Dario Amodei’s White House whisperer—he’s also a newfound donor to Republican causes.
 • Alex Shultz
The Race for Congressional Power in AI’s Hometown
As candidates for San Francisco’s congressional seat make their closing arguments, they both promise to regulate AI. Their campaigns, records, and…
 • JJ Lansing
“Hot or Not” Dorm Room Zuck Is Who Mark Zuckerberg Has Always Been
In The Social Reckoning, we see Facebook employee Frances Haugen’s journey to whistleblower. Yet Meta still remains unwilling to do anything about her…
 • Ariella Steinhorn
Jeff Bezos Is Starting to Sound Like a Politician
From CNBC to a panel in Paris to a recent Fox News interview, Bezos has ironed out a stump speech about AI, housing costs, and hamburgers.
 • Alex Shultz
Automate the Personal Stuff and We Become the Machines
AI personal assistants promise to save time for us. What happens when they decide how we spend it?
 • JJ Lansing
Sam Altman Wants Us To Accept “Bad Things”—Just So Long As He Doesn’t Have To
Leveraging the “effective altruist” playbook, Altman argues that the public must accept “bad things” in exchange for future benefits of AI.
 • Ariella Steinhorn
OpenAI and Anthropic Want to Have Their Beef Tallow and Eat It Too
At a MAHA summit, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. raved about what AI can do for healthcare. We asked tech companies whether they agree with him—and got nothing…
 • Alex Shultz
The Doomsday Narrative Has A Purpose
The ideology of the tech elite — some of them frequent visitors to the White House — explaining their willingness to prioritize AI development over…
 • JJ Lansing
Muse Is Meta’s Latest Non-Consensual Surveillance Tool
Investigations have already found that Meta’s personalized AI agent can send your address to strangers without your consent, and compile lists of…
 • Ariella Steinhorn
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A publication about tech, labor, and power by Ariella Steinhorn, JJ Lansing, and Alex Shultz, featuring exclusive reporting, interviews, and insights about holding corporate power accountable.
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