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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

Workers, organizers, and activists in the tech industry, are you heading to #CircuitBreakers next weekend?

If you are, be sure to say hi to our Senior VP of Labor @tnewmsblues.bsky.social and Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Engagement @german-c.bsky.social!

TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

Check out our report "Ghost Workers in the AI Machine" to learn more: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...

Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech's Exploitation - TechEquity Collaborative

Alphabet Workers Union-CWA and TechEquity interviewed U.S. data workers to shed light on the working conditions of the people powering AI.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

In fact, of the U.S. data workers surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity, more than half of the workers who are assigned an average estimated time (AET) to complete a task felt that AETs are often not long enough to complete the task accurately.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

AI is increasingly being used to make decisions about where you work and where you live—but how reliable is this technology?

The workers fueling AI say they’re hamstrung by a lack of control over their work process, which could result in lower-quality work and, in turn, higher-risk AI systems.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

To demonstrate this point, we aggregated and analyzed all of the public polls we could find that asked the public to weigh in on AI.

Check it out: techequity.us/2025/10/07/h...

How people really feel about AI—from sea to shining sea - TechEquity Collaborative

Americans are deeply concerned about the lack of guardrails on AI and they want government to do something about it.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

What they have to say is overwhelming: they’re deeply concerned about the lack of guardrails on AI, particularly in high-risk areas such as employment, and they want government to do something about it. @consumerreports.org

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Survey: Majority of Americans are Uncomfortable with AI in Employment, Housing, Healthcare Decisions - Innovation at Consumer Reports

What do Americans think about using AI in highly consequential scenarios? CR surveyed Americans on several topics, including AI and algorithmic decision making

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

But despite not having much of a voice in the debate about AI, the public has made itself heard in dozens of polls—including TechEquity’s—over the last year.

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How Californians Feel About AI - Findings From the 2025 AI Compass - TechEquity Collaborative

We surveyed over a thousand Californians about AI to find out if organizations and legislators have it right or are missing the mark.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

Lost in the fervor is the point of view of everyday people, the users of AI and the ones on whom AI is increasingly being used—to provision housing, create medical treatment recommendations, screen job candidates, and determine creditworthiness.

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Algorithms are making life-changing decisions about you—but how do they work? - TechEquity Collaborative

Automated decision systems are increasingly making life-changing decisions about our housing, work, and healthcare. But how do they work?

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 3h

The public conversation about the future of AI has mostly been dominated by tech CEOs and investors hyping their products and boosting their investments, or other experts who either believe AI will destroy humanity or usher in a new golden age of prosperity.

www.businessinsider.com/openai-sam-a...

Sam Altman's predictions on how the world might change with AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has made several predictions about where we're headed on AGI, superintelligence, and agentic AI — and when we might get there.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 4h

Want to learn more?

Join the 11/18 webinar “Stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline Now!” to learn about how workers and communities are pushing back: bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Our Workplaces to Our Communities: Stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline Now!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the w...

If data is the new oil, the AI Surveillance Pipeline is what supercharges its extraction for unchecked power and profit. Although we’ve all experienced getting a targeted ad and feeling like our phon...

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 4h

This new brief by @datasociety.bsky.social @powerswitchaction.org and Coworkers exposes how “privacy-preserving” technologies can actually enable more worker surveillance.

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The “Privacy” Trap

Corporations are rolling out new technologies that may technically comply with data privacy laws, but actually create more ways to control and exploit workers. This brief offers concrete principles fo...

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 4h

Corporations are increasingly adopting new forms of tech and AI that they claim are “privacy-preserving.”

But the truth is that this tech can allow them to collect worker data without meaningful consent, and then use it to surveil, discipline, and exploit workers.

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 7h

“Privacy-preserving” isn’t as private as you might think. Our new brief, published in collab w @powerswitchaction.org & Coworker, exposes how so-called “privacy-preserving” technologies can actually enable *more* worker surveillance — and what we can do about it. datasociety.net/library/the-...

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 6h

OpenAI is preparing to launch a social media app for AI-generated videos using Sora 2. www.wired.com/story/openai...

They also recently announced that Sora 2 will use copyrighted material unless rights holders opt out. www.reuters.com/technology/o...

OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos

The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.

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PowerSwitch Action ⚡️ @powerswitchaction.org · 7h

Corporations call it "privacy-preserving," but this new AI tech isn't all that it seems.

Our new brief w/@datasociety.bsky.social + CoWorker exposes how this tech harms + exploits workers and what we can do to strengthen worker protections + power in the digital age: datasociety.net/library/the-...

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PowerSwitch Action ⚡️ @powerswitchaction.org · 7h

New technologies, AI, and mass surveillance are only growing. Right now, we need to join together to protect our digital, worker, and human rights.

Join us on November 18 for a multi-issue panel featuring workers, organizers, policy and tech experts 👇bit.ly/stopAIsurveillance

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From Our Workplaces to Our Communities: Stop the AI Surveillance Pipeline Now!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the w...

If data is the new oil, the AI Surveillance Pipeline is what supercharges its extraction for unchecked power and profit. Although we’ve all experienced getting a targeted ad and feeling like our phon...

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

But participants in our research on AI made clear that their support for policymakers depends on visible independence from it.

What will policymakers do with that?

Our research shows that voters hope they will step in and create policies that protect their rights. techequity.us/2025/08/19/h...

TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

Trust in the government is low right now.

For Californians, that mistrust stems from a deep concern that legislators are overly influenced by the tech industry when it comes to policymaking.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

36% believe they are training AI to replace their own jobs.

Check out "Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech’s Exploitation" to learn more: techequity.us/2025/09/30/g...

Ghost Workers in the AI Machine: U.S. Data Workers Speak Out About Big Tech's Exploitation - TechEquity Collaborative

Alphabet Workers Union-CWA and TechEquity interviewed U.S. data workers to shed light on the working conditions of the people powering AI.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

Is AI being used to eliminate jobs?

The workers who train AI are worried that AI tools will impact workplaces around the world—even their own.

52% of U.S. data workers surveyed by @alphabetworkersunion.org and TechEquity believe they are training AI to replace other workers’ jobs.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

Find out what else she and “Bad Company” author @greenwell.bsky.social had to say about the evolution of private capital and the way it’s impacting us all: techequity.us/2025/09/24/p...

Private capital is taking over—recapped - TechEquity Collaborative

Authors Catherine Bracy and Megan Greenwell discuss how private equity and venture capital are impacting the health of our economy.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

Venture capital was created to solve a problem: how do you get financing for developing new technologies when you can't guarantee a return?

But things have changed, as author of “World Eaters” and our Founder/CEO @catherinebracy.com explained last month. www.youtube.com/shorts/0jzQY...

VC is cannibalizing the economy

YouTube video by TechEquity

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economicsecurity.us @economicsecurity.us · 1d

1/ Huge win! Gavin Newsom signed AB 325 into law. This means companies can no longer collude to drive up prices on basic goods by using fancy pricing algorithms. The last thing Californians need is more of their hard earned cash going to pad the pockets of greedy corporate executives.

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

AB 325 modernizes California’s antitrust laws to address algorithmic price fixing, closing loopholes that corporations have exploited to drive up the cost of living for Californians.

www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/06/g...

@catherinebracy.com @economicsecurityproject.org @econliberties.bsky.social

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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 1d

Why is everything so expensive these days? There are a lot of reasons, but among them is that competitors are using algorithms to collude, raising prices together.

That’s why we’re thrilled that @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signed the Preventing Algorithmic Price Fixing Act #AB325 into law!

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