🛡 Who Really Owns AI?
An article in Jacobin analyzes the problem of technology monopolization by major corporations. The author argues that AI is a product of collective labor and public investment, yet its benefits are concentrated in the hands of Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.
🌍 The article raises the question of the need to create independent international institutions to oversee AI to prevent its use for mass surveillance and militarization.
👤 Access to cutting-edge models is inextricably linked to dependency on cloud providers (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud), which calls into question the right to make decisions regarding the application of algorithms.
Source 1: https://jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-big-tech-global-ownership-control