Amba Kak
AI Now co-executive director focused on concentrated AI power
Co-leads the AI Now Institute, where her work examines how control of computing power, data and distribution shapes competition, labor, surveillance and civil rights. She previously advised the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on artificial intelligence.
Key arguments & positions
- Argues that AI policy should address the concentrated control of computing power, data and distribution rather than treating model behavior as the only policy problem.
- Examines how AI markets affect competition, labor, surveillance and civil rights, and calls for public-interest institutions with power independent of technology companies.
Accomplishments
- Co-executive director of the AI Now Institute.
- Previously served as senior adviser on artificial intelligence at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
- Has advised regulators and testified to policymakers about AI market concentration and commercial surveillance.
Papers & key writings
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