💼🕵️‍♂️ In a shocking twist, corporations are spending big bucks to push their age verification agendas 🙄. Surprise! Dark money and think tanks are the new BFFs in this complex love triangle of influence 🍿. Who knew #lobbying was a thing?! 🤔💸
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Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture

Investigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation

The TBOTE Project

OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated $25 million to Trump's super PAC in September, three months before Trump signed an executive order blocking all state AI regulation. The timing suggests corporate political spending may be reshaping AI governance at the federal level, preempting California's regulatory efforts. #AIPolicy #TechRegulation #CorporateInfluence

https://www.implicator.ai/the-best-investment-openai-made-last-year-wasnt-in-compute-it-was-a-check-to-maga-inc/

The Best Investment OpenAI Made Last Year Wasn't in Compute. It Was a Check to MAGA Inc.

OpenAI president donated $25M to Trump PAC after White House dinner. Three months later, Trump blocked state AI laws. Business expense, not politics.

Implicator.ai

Occupy DC

This contemplative exchange is situated within the vital context of the Occupy DC movement, which emerged in 2011 as a localized manifestation of the global response to economic disparity and corporate influence. Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis and Myra Jackson engage participants on how concerted public action successfully elevated concepts like income inequity into mainstream consciousness. The dialogue posits that the fundamental corrective action for establishing true societal balance must begin with campaign finance reform, ultimately framing the purpose of the 99% as a transcendental principle of global unity and shared human experience.

🔗 https://youtu.be/iQ-GRqKdSyk

#OccupyDC #CampaignFinanceReform #IncomeInequality #CorporateInfluence #CollectiveEfficacy #GlobalUnity

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Trump canceled San Francisco's federal deployment after calls from Nvidia's Huang and Salesforce's Benioff—both negotiating export licenses and contracts. Chicago has troops. SF has billionaires with White House access. That's the veto structure now. #TechPolicy #CorporateInfluence

https://www.implicator.ai/trump-backs-off-san-francisco-deployment-after-huang-benioff-phone-calls/

Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence | The-14

Universities’ AI rush risks prioritizing corporate interests over academic freedom and public service, threatening higher education’s independence and mission.

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Wem gehört ein Open-Source-Projekt? – RubyGems droht die Spaltung

In der Open-Source-Welt erlebt die populäre Programmiersprache Ruby derzeit eine heftige Kontroverse in Bezug auf die Kontrolle kritischer Infrastrukturen.

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