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Collective Bargaining in the Information Economy Can Address AI-Driven Power Concentration
Nicholas Vincent, Matthew Prewitt, Hanlin Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10272

Collective Bargaining in the Information Economy Can Address AI-Driven Power Concentration
This position paper argues that there is an urgent need to restructure markets for the information that goes into AI systems. Specifically, producers of information goods (such as journalists, researchers, and creative professionals) need to be able to collectively bargain with AI product builders in order to receive reasonable terms and a sustainable return on the informational value they contribute. We argue that without increased market coordination or collective bargaining on the side of th…