The EU’s AI Act and social policies aim to regulate and cushion labor transitions, emphasizing rules over ownership and highlighting ongoing challenges.
The European Union: Rules First, Cushion Always
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The conversion. What turning the largest nonprofit into a company did to charity law.
OpenAI’s shift from nonprofit to a control-retention model challenges traditional charity laws, raising questions about future charitable asset protections.
The rails. Why European agentic commerce is co-defined by two converging regimes.
European agentic commerce is being shaped by two regulatory regimes—PSD3/PSR and the AI Act—creating a complex, statutory infrastructure that differs from the US model.
The policy menu. There’s no single answer. There’s a menu — and choosing is a values choice in disguise.
A comprehensive analysis of the diverse policy options—UBI, ownership, data dividends, and inaction—highlighting their values, trade-offs, and uncertainties amid AI-driven economic change.
RSVP-and-payment co-host tool for supper club hosts
A new co-host tool for RSVP and payment collection is being tested for private supper club hosts to streamline recurring events and reduce no-shows.
Operational SOP drift detector for franchise operators
A new SOP drift detection tool for multi-location franchise operators is being tested to identify procedural changes and maintain consistency across locations.
Warranty claim packet builder for appliance repair shops
A new workflow tool is being tested to help independent appliance repair shops streamline warranty claims by prompting for essential documentation.
The referral. How AI search severs the content-for-traffic contract that funded the open web.
AI search now answers queries directly, ending the traditional referral traffic for publishers and impacting their revenue models.
The clause. How a contractual definition of AGI met the capital built on top of it.
A detailed analysis of how the contractual AGI definition in OpenAI’s agreement with Microsoft was redefined through negotiations, impacting AI governance.
The license. Why the AI content market pays the brand-name corpus and strands the long tail.
Analysis of how licensing favors large publishers, marginalizes small sites, and the potential of collective licensing to address this imbalance.
