US President Donald Trump, Open AI CEO Sam Altman, and Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis during a meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit in eastern France, on June 17, 2026.
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As the power of Big Tech continues to grow, it’s more important than ever to understand how these companies use infrastructure and intellectual monopolies to shape more than just the digital world. Cecilia Rikap joins Paris Marx to discuss how these networks of corporate power operate, including how they are systematically used to influence global politics, the economy, and how society views the world.
Cecilia Rikap is an associate professor at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and the author of The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud.
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