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Labor market shows signs of lag while hiring is concentrated in limited sectors insulated from economic reality.
As major retailers and tech giants like Walmart and Google roll out AI assistants that help consumers shop, purchase, and invest, questions remain as to whether these tools truly aim to help shoppers or are built to pad corporate profits.
New paper from Groundwork Collaborative outlines solutions to immediately lower electricity bills, save households over $250 billion over ten years, and ensure utility customers aren't left paying for Big Tech's AI data center boom.
In the case of Instacart, the company said it stopped letting grocery retailers use technology that offered different prices to different customers, after Consumer Reports and Groundwork Collaborative found that the technology led, in some cases, to a $10 difference between baskets of the same grocery items.
There's an interesting new report out today from the progressive think tank Groundwork Collaborative that makes a case for how Democrats can harness the artificial intelligence and data center boom to help the power grid — while also cutting costs for electricity customers.
Groundwork analysis and new polling finds millions of working Americans with limited access to health care, food assistance while billionaires cash in thanks to Trump’s signature package
A new lawsuit accusing California gas stations of using AI software to jack up fuel costs is turning heads among national antitrust experts — and economic policy researcher Lindsay Owens thinks it could lead to big penalties.
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, new analysis from Groundwork Collaborative and The Century Foundation finds families paying more for cookout and party supplies, cities cancel firework displays due to Trump’s tariffs.
Lindsay Owens and Nia Law write: “Last month, Google unveiled its new Universal Cart, a centralized agentic shopping hub and touted updates to a protocol that unleashes AI agents to complete purchases autonomously. The roll-out marked Silicon Valley’s latest attempt to sell a frictionless existence stewarded by an endless army of assistants who can do everything from book your flights and place your grocery order to help you manage or invest your money.”
Alex Jacquez, the chief of policy and advocacy at the left-leaning Groundwork Collaborative and a former Sanders aide, helped craft a $15 minimum wage proposal that Democrats attempted to include in their climate and economic policy bill in 2021.