What’s broken in AI ownership

What happens when AI stops talking and starts working, and who really owns the value it creates?

In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Sina Yamani, founder and CEO of Action Model, for a conversation that cuts straight to one of the biggest questions hanging over the future of artificial intelligence.

As AI systems learn to see screens, click buttons, and complete tasks the way humans do, power and wealth are concentrating fast. Sina argues that this shift is happening far quicker than most people realize, and that the current ownership model leaves everyday users with little say and even less upside.

Sina shares the thinking behind Action Model, a community-owned approach to autonomous AI that challenges the idea that automation must sit in the hands of a few giant firms. We unpack the concept of

Large Action Models, AI systems trained to perform real online workflows rather than generate text, and why this next phase of AI demands a very different kind of training data. Instead of scraping the internet in the background, Action Model invites users to contribute actively, rewarding them for helping train systems that can navigate software, dashboards, and tools just as a human worker would.

We also explore ActionFi, the platform's outcome-based reward layer, and why Sina believes attention-based incentives have quietly broken trust across Web3. Rather than paying for likes or impressions, ActionFi focuses on verifying real actions across the open web, even when no APIs or integrations exist. That raises obvious questions around security and privacy.

This conversation does not shy away from the uncomfortable parts. We talk openly about job displacement, the economic reality facing businesses, and why automation is unlikely to slow down. Sina argues that resisting change is futile, but shaping who benefits from it remains possible. He also reflects on lessons from his earlier fintech exit and how movements grow when people feel they are pushing back against an unfair system.

By the end of the episode, we look ahead to a future where much of today's computer-based work disappears and ask what success and failure might look like for a community-owned AI model operating at scale.

If AI is going to run more of the internet on our behalf, should the people training it have a stake in what it becomes, and would you trust an AI ecosystem owned by its users rather than a handful of billionaires?

Useful Links

• Connect with Sina Yamani on LinkedIn or X
• Learn more about the Action Model
• Follow on X
• Learn more about the Action Model browser extension
• Check out the whitelabel integration docs
• Join their Waitlist
• Join their Discord community

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