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California Voice: If state actually wants to lead on AI, it can’t let 3 companies hog infrastructure

Jan 9, 2025 | marinij.com | Natalie Foster |Ganesh Sitaraman

While much of the coverage centered around safety components of the bill, and was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it advanced an important proposal that deserves continued attention. Hidden in the bill was “CalCompute,” a policy which would have established parts of the computing power driving AI development as a public resource, disrupting the lock tech giants have on this piece of technology.
Opinion: California, don’t let 3 companies hog all the AI infrastructure

Jan 7, 2025 | mercurynews.com | Natalie Foster |Ganesh Sitaraman

When California state Sen. Scott Wiener introduced the nation’s most ambitious AI safety bill last year, it became a flashpoint in the debate over how to govern artificial intelligence. Senate Bill 1047 caught the attention of tech billionaires, large corporations, Hollywood, researchers and the media for good reason — it aimed to establish some of the first guardrails for AI in America. While much of the coverage centered around safety components of the bill, which was ultimately vetoed by Gov.
Natalie Foster, Author at San Jose Inside

Jan 6, 2025 | sanjoseinside.com | Natalie Foster

Opinion If California Wants to Lead on AI, It Can’t Let 3 Tech Giants Hog Infrastructure Today, artificial intelligence infrastructure is dominated by just three companies: Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Read More
How a Worker-Managed Nonprofit Adjusted to Growth

Jun 12, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Sue Bennett |Meredith Klenkel |Faye Christoforo |Natalie Foster

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits in Practice.” View the full webinar here. The iterations of policies and procedures [are] so crucial. We always remind ourselves when we pass a new policy that if it doesn’t work, we have the power to change it. And so, I think, for me, the crucial design decisions [are] how do decisions get made, and by whom, and how do we pay ourselves.
How a Nonprofit Can Transition to Worker Self-Direction: Key Steps

Jun 12, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Faye Christoforo |Meredith Klenkel |Natalie Foster |Steve Dubb

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Worker Self-Directed Nonprofits in Practice.” View the full webinar here. When you think about making the transition to be a worker self-directed nonprofit, or even just any democratic leadership model, or really any leadership model transition, it really starts in the space of conversation and making sure to give yourself time to have those conversations.
Building a “Guarantee Economy”: A Conversation with Natalie Foster

Jun 12, 2024 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Natalie Foster |Steve Dubb |Jay Nwachu |Rebekah Barber

Truth to Power is a regular series of conversations with writers about the promises and pitfalls of movements for social justice. From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world.
From childcare to broadband, public options could reshape the U.S. economy and break corporate strangleholds

May 15, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Natalie Foster

By now, there’s an economic story that should be familiar to most Americans: Company A begins as a humble startup, offering goods and services whose convenience and price attract consumers. Soon, Company A becomes a Corporation, buying out its competitors, shuttering small businesses, and consolidating its power.
We Made This Economy, and We Can Remake It: Natalie Foster on Building a Better America

Apr 29, 2024 | lithub.com | Natalie Foster

It’s hard to remember how total the refusal was, before 2011, to hold the economic system accountable for the damage it was causing.
One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty

Apr 23, 2024 | es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com | Natalie Foster |Darrick Hamilton

Credit - Getty ImagesA white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending the era of legalized enslavement. Over forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines.
The One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty

Apr 23, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Natalie Foster |Darrick Hamilton

Natalie Foster and Darrick HamiltonMon, Apr 22, 2024, 4:20 PM4 min readCredit - Getty ImagesA white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending the era of legalized enslavement. Over forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines.