Signals across markets and institutions show that the economics of artificial intelligence are shifting costs onto communities and public systems, from blown corporate budgets to rising local utility burdens. Users and workers are responding through adoption choices, organizing, and demands for clearer guardrails, exposing risks to profitability, trust, and operational capacity. Without policy clarity and aligned incentives, AI expansion may translate into higher prices, degraded services, and mounting institutional friction.
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