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AI, money, and power: Unelected few control data politics, NYT opinion piece claims · 2 sources tracked

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A post on Mastodon and Bluesky, citing a New York Times opinion piece, argues that an excessive and untraceable amount of money is concentrating power in the hands of a few unelected individuals. This concentration of financial influence is framed as a significant issue within the realm of data politics and its intersection with artificial intelligence. AI

IMPACT Highlights concerns about concentrated power and financial influence in data politics, relevant to AI governance and ethics.

RANK_REASON The cluster consists of social media posts referencing an opinion piece, not a primary announcement or event.

Read on Mastodon — sigmoid.social →

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AI, money, and power: Unelected few control data politics, NYT opinion piece claims · 2 sources tracked

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Put simply, there is too much #money , some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much #power over the people. That’s #datapoliti

    “Put simply, there is too much #money , some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much #power over the people. That’s #datapolitics .” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o... #AI Opinion | Want to Fight Back A...

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “Put simply, there is too much #money , some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much #power over the people. That’s #datapoliti

    “Put simply, there is too much #money , some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much #power over the people. That’s #datapolitics .” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o... #AI Opinion | Want to Fight Back A...

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