Insights on AI governance, public sector innovation, and democracy
AI and Problem Solving
Government must prove AI is creating public value.
This excerpt from Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy was originally published in Fast Company on June 25, 2026.
This excerpt from Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy was originally published in Fast Company on June 25, 2026.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 85% of Canada's cloud market. In a new Reboot Democracy piece, David Eaves and Curtis McCord argue this concentration is a democracy problem, not just a competition one, because public institutions lose leverage over the infrastructure they depend on. The GovLab and InnovateUS launch an AI Coach for Public Engagement that helps public servants move from training to real project planning. And in Part II of their Habermolt response, José Luis Martí and Beth Simone Noveck argue that delegating political judgment to AI agents risks replacing democratic self-government with algorithmic authority.
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google control 85% of Canada's cloud market. In a new Reboot Democracy piece, David Eaves and Curtis McCord argue this concentration is a democracy problem, not just a competition one, because public institutions lose leverage over the infrastructure they depend on. The GovLab and InnovateUS launch an AI Coach for Public Engagement that helps public servants move from training to real project planning. And in Part II of their Habermolt response, José Luis Martí and Beth Simone Noveck argue that delegating political judgment to AI agents risks replacing democratic self-government with algorithmic authority.
A new report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project argues that cloud sovereignty is about more than building domestic alternatives. It is about ensuring governments, businesses, and public institutions have autonomy and agency. Using Canada’s highly concentrated cloud market as a case study, the authors explore how procurement policy, competition rules, and interoperability standards could reduce dependence on hyperscalers and create a more competitive marketplace for compute.
A new report from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project argues that cloud sovereignty is about more than building domestic alternatives. It is about ensuring governments, businesses, and public institutions have autonomy and agency. Using Canada’s highly concentrated cloud market as a case study, the authors explore how procurement policy, competition rules, and interoperability standards could reduce dependence on hyperscalers and create a more competitive marketplace for compute.
A weekly roundup of the most intriguing and impactful stories from the world of artificial intelligence
No posts available at this time.
InnovateUS 