Molly White

AI position

No x-risk mention

Coverage focuses on AI industry political influence and knowledge-commons harms, not existential-risk debate.

Why influential

Defines how AI and technology power are understood by policymakers, investors, researchers, workers and the broader press. Primary policy lanes: ai; crypto; platforms; corporate accountability.

Who pays attention

Regulators, civil-rights groups, technologists, journalists, foundations and consumer advocates

Work samples

• I'm launching Tech Influence Watch as AI follows crypto into politics

  Jun 8, 2026 · newsletter

  Launches a tracker of AI (and crypto) industry political/lobbying spending, framing AI super PACs as running 'the same operation' as crypto PACs to deregulate tech.

• "Wait, not like that": Free and open access in the age of generative AI

  Mar 15, 2025 · article

  Argues AI companies are straining and hollowing out open-knowledge infrastructure like Wikimedia rather than merely using it; does not name specific AI-lab individuals.

• Trump's Newest Grift: Molly White on First Family's Cryptocurrency Empire & Gutting of Regulations

  May 6, 2025 · video

  Democracy Now interview on crypto deregulation and corruption, adjacent to her tech-accountability beat.

• Citation Needed, Issue 106 - A tremendous birthday present

  Jun 18, 2026 · podcast

  Weekly newsletter-read podcast episode; representative of the show's normal solo-explainer format (occasional guest episodes exist, e.g., Tiffany Muller).