Artificial Power: 2025 Landscape Report
A critical landscape report examining how the AI industry concentrates corporate power, reshapes public institutions, and advances economic and political interests that undermine democracy, labor, and shared prosperity.
This report analyzes the current AI ecosystem as a vehicle for consolidating power among major technology firms, arguing that narratives around artificial general intelligence (AGI), national competition, and inevitable innovation obscure structural harms and market concentration.
It documents how AI deployment across labor markets, government systems, social services, and critical infrastructure often increases inequality, weakens democratic accountability, and reinforces surveillance and coercive systems. The report concludes with a policy and organizing roadmap focused on antitrust enforcement, labor power, regulatory guardrails, public-interest innovation, and reclaiming democratic control over technological development.
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