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The tech oligarchs and their AI are taking over. Let's fight back.

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This week, in a stunning series of events, a bill that was written to save local journalism from big tech was gutted in a backroom deal—and wound up bailing out Google and *boosting AI* instead. You can't make this stuff up. How it happened:

How a bill meant to save journalism from big tech ended up boosting AI and bailing out Google instead

Or, why so many California journalists are furious right now