JB Branch

AI policy @Public_Citizen | Big Tech accountability, civil rights & the future of technology | CFR Term Member | Views my own; bad takes also my own

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Hey! @OpenAI @Meta @elonmusk Democracy is NOT for sale.
Hey! @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats: Subpoena tech CEOs. Investigate AI harms. Confront the data center buildout. No taxpayer bailouts for AI billionaires. Congress must represent people, NOT tech oligarchs.

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3,700 applicants. 8 fellows. Somehow, I made the cut! Pumped to join @FAScientists as an AI Safety Policy Entrepreneurship Fellow. I have some big, slightly unconventional AI policy ideas in the works. 🙃

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@CBSNews The Trump administration has quietly settled and quashed multiple other investigations into Big Tech. Read @Public_Citizen report here https://t.co/BXWwMCuAcM

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Hopefully this doesn’t end in a settlement with @realDonaldTrump corrupt White House.

They’ve settled and quashed other investigations. Read here https://t.co/BXWwMCu2ne

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Anthropic and OpenAI to gather information about potential consumer protection violations, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed. https://t.co/WkFsAldSp9

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About time the @FTC investigates @OpenAI and @Anthropic. @TheDemocrats @USProgressives @SenatorCantwell must hold hearings in 2027. This can't end in another @realDonaldTrump settlement for Big Tech.

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Americans are concerned about AI’s impact on their lives. Instead of addressing those concerns with meaningful policies, @realDonaldTrump rebrands AI to change the conversation.

I told @HuffPost, it’s a distraction from the lack of substantive AI policy. https://t.co/e36S8pVRa0

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

“Supreme Intelligence,” probably because of its relationship to the Supreme Court, is losing badly to both “Superior” and “Extreme Intelligence.” Therefore, we are going to take “Supreme Intelligence” OUT, deleting it as a qualifier, and let you vote for the Final Two: Superior Intelligence, or Extreme Intelligence. A fresh Vote begins now! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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@CNBC You can’t take what @OpenAI or @sama say at face value. This is a company that routinely releases unsafe products to market and shoulder shrugs when the known harms come out.

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@OpenAINewsroom Nothing about your companies perpetual product liabilities can be labeled “good faith mistakes.”

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@NatPurser There is also a practical reality where these companies are dependent on future company contracts. If the government doesn’t have the expertise it may make sense to find a way to fund these IVOs through government grants.

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AI safety concerns are fair, @hilbertspaess, but AI is already causing real harm: $6 BILLION in AI-enabled fraud losses in 2025.

Meanwhile, Big Tech companies like @Meta profit.

@RFiestaARA and I explain in @TheHill.
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AI is going to revolutionize education!*
I joined @mathbabedotorg on the AI skeptics podcast to talk AI in ed, what we are seeing, and my paper for @scientistsorg. We talk hype, risks, and my AI work @Public_Citizen.

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