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Challenging Privatization in Governance by AI: A Caution for the Future of AI Governance

Ana Brandusescu
This paper discusses three issues with generative AI and the realm of privatization: exploitation of workers and the environment; defence partnerships and human rights abuses; and concentration of power through foreign acquisition.

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