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September 02, 2025

Governing AI (also) means governing markets, institutions and people

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This short paper is a response to commentaries on the Global Data Justice project's paper, Governing AI means governing data.

These commentaries discuss the claim that data governance is still relevant for thinking about a more just technology landscape. Our response considers whether the ‘AI wars’ make data governance obsolete, and what arguments there are for contesting its capture and its current limitations.

To continue reading please visit: https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640251372628

This open access article was published in Dialogues on Digital Society on 2 September 2025.

Taylor, L., de Souza, S. P., Martin, A., & López-Solano, J. (2026). Governing AI (also) means governing markets, institutions and people. Dialogues on Digital Society, 2(1), 40-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/29768640251372628

Keywords: AI, data governance, data justice, transnational governance, neoliberalism

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