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# The tug-of-war between Big Tech, AI, and humanity's future.
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/the-tug-of-war-between-big-tech-ai-and-humanitys-future/
- Published: 2023-12-12T02:34:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:35:56.000Z
- Description: Tech behemoths Microsoft and Alphabet/Google's accelerating AI prowess pose risks, including job losses and privacy invasion. To prevent a dystopian future, the adoption of individual data rights, strengthened privacy regulations, and a graduated corporate tax system is crucia...
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

Tech behemoths Microsoft and Alphabet/Google's accelerating AI prowess pose risks, including job losses and [privacy](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/data-privacy-speaker/) invasion. To prevent a dystopian future, the adoption of individual data rights, strengthened privacy regulations, and a graduated corporate tax system is crucial, thereby curbing Big Tech's monopolistic power and encouraging AI as a tool to augment human capabilities.

Read the full article on [The NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/opinion/ai-big-tech-microsoft-google-duopoly.html?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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