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The infiltration of technology into our democracies has not merely been an incidental shift; it reflects a wider phenomenon where power increasingly migrates from publicly elected institutions to private companies. Former politician and AI policy analyst, Marita Tek, sheds light on this pressing concern in her recent book, The Tech Coup. She posits that technology is stealthily siphoning power from our elected representatives and institutions, placing it into the hands of corporations that operate beyond the reach of public accountability.