AINOWARTIFICIALPOWER2025LandscapeReportJune3,2025
EXECUTIVESUMMARYAINOWACKNOWLEDGMENTSAuthored by Kate Brennan, Amba Kak, and Dr. SarahMyers WesWith research support from Moh ammed Al, asmine Chokrane, Madeline KimTekendra Parmar, TanyaRaja, and Boxi WuSpecial thanks to Ahiana Gunn-Wright for her feedback and editorial contributionsCopyeditingbyCarenLitherland.DesignbyPartner&Partners.SarahMiler, AmericanEconomicLibertiesProjed心StacylMitchl,nteforlocl Sll-RllnceAnneteBenhandt,UCBerkeleylLaborCenterArvind Narayanan, Center for Information Technology PallkAbeba Birhane, Artificial Intelligence Accountability Lab,TrinityCollegeDublinChrls Nielsen,NationalNursesUnited六BrianChen,Data&SocietyTeri Olle, Economic SecurityProjectRritParis.RutaersUniversityStefanie Coyle, New York CivilLibertiesUnionTekendra Parmar,InvestigativeJournalsAndreaDehlendorf.AlNow;Reshma Ramachandran, Yale School of MedicineKevin Deliban, TechTonic Justice,Rashida Rlichardson,WorcesterPoltechnicInstituteAlixDunn,TheMaybeG NortheasternUniversity心HilaryRonen,LocalProgressHannah Sassaman, People's Tech ProjectLisaGillbert,PublicCltizenMatt Scherer. Centerfor Democracy and TechnologSamGordon,TechEquityCllborativeParomitaShah,Just FuturesLawJanetHaven,DataGSocietyGaneshSItaraman, Vanderblt University,Andrew Strait, UKA Secunty InstituteBen Inskeep,Citizen Action Coalition of IndianaKaslaTarczynska,GoodJobs FirstTayorJboIsenber,Economtc SecurityProjetJim Thomas, Scanthehorizon.org心HelidyKhlaaf,AlNowStephen Lerner, ActionCenterforRace and the Economy.JaiVipra,CornellUniversityBargainingfortheCommonGood.VaroonMathur, Duke InstituteforHealth Innovation,Duke HealthBoxiWu,OxfordUniversity小JllMcArdle, Beyond FossilFuelsMichelleMeagher,SOMOCite as:Kate Brennan, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West,"ArtiErleMever.GeorgetownUniversity2025,htps/ainowinstuteorg2025-landsapeAINOW2025LANDSCAPEREPORT
EXECUTIVESUMMARYAINOWTABLEOFCONTENTSExecutiveSummary4Chapter1:Al's FalseGods1.1:TheAGlMvthology1.2:TooBiatoFail1.3:AlArmsRace2.014RecastinaReaulationChanter2:HeadsIWin. Tails You LoseChapter3:Consulting the RecordChaoter4:A Roadmap for ActionEndnotesAINOW2025LANDSCAPEREPORT
EXECUTIVESUMMARYAINOWEXECUTIVESUMMARYThoseofus broadlv engaged in challenging corporate consolidation, economic injusticetech oliaarchv. and rising authoritarianism need to contend with the Al industrv or wewill lose the end aame. Acceptina the current traiectory of Al proselytized by Big Techand itsstenographers as""inevitable"'issettinausuponapathto anunenviableeco.nomic and political future-a future that disenfranchises large sections of the public,renderssystems more obscure to those it affects, devalues our crafts, underminesour security, and narrows our horizon for innovation. This is true whether or not thetechnology even works well, on its own terms; it often doesn'tThecoodnewsisthattheroad offered bvthe techindustrvis notthe onlv one available to us. This report explains why the fight against the industrv's vision for Al isafight worth having, even as we turn ourselves tirelessly toward the task of buildingoutthe...
