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In a new amicus brief in the OpenAI/Microsoft copyright infringement case, we argue that AI companies cannot hide behind a “fair use” defense when their products substitute for original reporting & undermine the market. 👇
We worked with our @openmarkets colleagues to file an amicus brief informing a critically important case for the future of copyright enforcement in AI.
Find it here: cmdg.tech/publications/amicu…
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@RepRaskin introduced an important piece of legislation to begin the process of making antitrust less susceptible to corruption. The bill proposes a number of common sense policies (listed below). Enacting this legislation should be a no-brainer.
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Lula won reelection, but Brazil’s powerful agribusiness lobby could still threaten the Amazon. Just 5 firms control over half of Brazil’s soy exports; 3 dominate beef exports.
NEW: @clairekelloway examines how corporate power is shaping Brazil’s future: foodandpower.substack.com/p/…
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NEW: In a pre-emptive move, House Democrats have introduced a resolution that Congress should not bail out AI firms in the event of a financial crisis and should be subjected to the ordinary bankruptcy process.
prospect.org/2026/10/28/hous…
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Canada and Europe share a problem: their digital infrastructure depends on the same U.S. tech giants. Ahead of the Canada-EU Summit, CAMP and @openmarkets argue in for deeper competition enforcement, smarter procurement and room for alternatives: theglobeandmail.com/business…
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This is the exact thing we’ve been warning about for years… AI agents with unrestrained access to your bank account and protected information. When consumer AI agents are accessing YOUR bank account or using YOUR credit card, they must be subject to fiduciary-like duties of care. We need to pass my AI AGENTS Act to get some basic guardrails in place.
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
Starlink has become critical military infrastructure. But it remains under the control of Elon Musk, a billionaire who can decide who gets access and on what terms.
That's far too much power for one private company (& CEO) to wield.
New from @MaxvonThun: substack.com/home/post/p-221…
When the owner of your hospital, supermarket, dry cleaner, don’t live in your community – live everywhere, live in Davos and Aspen and the Upper East Side – it’s part of what makes you feel powerless.
More from Senator @ChrisMurphyCT: libertyandpower.substack.com…
Worth following: "Meta is exploiting its enormous market power to force publishers into an impossible choice: surrender control over their content or risk losing access to platforms they depend on to reach their audiences." - @courtneyr
NEW: @courtneyr calls on regulators to put a stop to Meta's abusive new content rule:
cmdg.tech/publications/cmdg-…
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There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator.
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"Surveillance pricing functions like a hidden tax on the entire economy."
Surveillance pricing can make prices higher and less predictable, harming consumers and local businesses. @Pat_Garofalo testifies before the DC City Council on the need to ban it.
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Great chart from Slok. Everybody knows that a very small % off companies are consuming the lion's share of token consumption
What's interesting is that of those top 1% of spenders, they're overwhelmingly VC-backed companies. May have implications if VC-funding starts to slow.
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A new Senate investigation finds "none of the seven [Big Tech] companies would agree to a standard that would require them to pay for the building of new power infrastructure that would not have been needed if not for their data centers."
Big Tech refuses to pay its fair share!
Our review of dozens of campaigns and millions in Super PAC spending shows that it's undeniable – the Democratic election machine is tripling down on economic populism as the closing midterm message 👇
The courts had an opportunity to restore competition and curb one of the world's most powerful monopolies.
Instead, they left Google's empire intact.
@BarryLynn calls the remedies decisions acts of “cowardice." @techpolicypress
techpolicy.press/ai-hype-hel…
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BREAKING: "Speculative data center debt is being repackaged and sold to pension and retirement funds, university endowments, and other institutional investors in a manner eerily reminiscent of the subprime bubble," per AFR
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Meta is essentially saying they will control not only their own users' IP to make and maintain AI products, but also any IP a Meta user "makes available."
This should raise alarm to all regulators about Big Tech's abuse-of-dominance tactics using AI development as a pretext.