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The flywheels are spinning
Transformer Weekly: Automated AI R&D, a regulatory moratorium, and deals with the Middle East
May 16
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Shakeel Hashim
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We need to know what’s happening with AI
Without transparency, society is flying blind toward potentially catastrophic AI capabilities
May 15
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Lynette Bye
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Who will ‘control’ OpenAI?
Transformer Weekly: OpenAI’s for-profit plans, Fidji Simo’s new role, and the end of the diffusion rule
May 9
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Shakeel Hashim
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Lynette Bye
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The dangers of sycophancy
Transformer Weekly: GPT-4o rollback, changes to the diffusion rule, and the US fights the EU AI Act
May 2
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Shakeel Hashim
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I summarised the AI Action Plan comments for you
Transformer Weekly: OpenAI for-profit shenanigans, AI updates from Google’s antitrust trial, and a House CCP Committee report on DeepSeek
Apr 25
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Shakeel Hashim
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We need to know what’s happening with AI
Without transparency, society is flying blind toward potentially catastrophic AI capabilities
May 15
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Lynette Bye
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The quest to build better defenses for AI risks
'Societal resilience' measures might offer some protection to the proliferation of dangerous AI capabilities
Mar 20
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Lynette Bye
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AI coding tools are quietly reshaping software development
They’re making an economic impact, despite not being very good yet
Feb 27
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Lynette Bye
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Decentralized training isn't a policy nightmare — yet
Governments should still be able to keep track of who's training frontier models — though a shift to reinforcement learning could make that harder
Feb 13
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Lynette Bye
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The embarrassing failure of the Paris AI Summit
Experts are sounding the alarm — but governments simply won’t listen
Feb 11
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Shakeel Hashim
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Leaked: this is the AI Action Summit statement
The statement, set to be signed by countries next week, is a 'wasted opportunity', experts say — and looks unlikely to be signed by US officials
Feb 8
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Shakeel Hashim
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Exclusive: Americans overwhelmingly support AI safety mandates, new poll finds
The public would rather ban AI development than have no regulation at all
Jan 29
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Shakeel Hashim
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Exclusive: Americans overwhelmingly support AI safety mandates, new poll finds
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The way we evaluate AI model safety might be about to break
As systems become more capable, researchers think we need a new type of safety evaluation
Jan 22
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Lynette Bye
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The flywheels are spinning
Transformer Weekly: Automated AI R&D, a regulatory moratorium, and deals with the Middle East
May 16
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Shakeel Hashim
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Who will ‘control’ OpenAI?
Transformer Weekly: OpenAI’s for-profit plans, Fidji Simo’s new role, and the end of the diffusion rule
May 9
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Shakeel Hashim
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Lynette Bye
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The dangers of sycophancy
Transformer Weekly: GPT-4o rollback, changes to the diffusion rule, and the US fights the EU AI Act
May 2
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Shakeel Hashim
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I summarised the AI Action Plan comments for you
Transformer Weekly: OpenAI for-profit shenanigans, AI updates from Google’s antitrust trial, and a House CCP Committee report on DeepSeek
Apr 25
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Shakeel Hashim
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Google breaks its promises
Where's Gemini 2.5 Pro's system card?
Mar 28
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Shakeel Hashim
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California’s surprisingly good AI policy report
Transformer Weekly: California report on frontier AI risks, a new AI benchmark, and more Action Plan comments
Mar 21
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Shakeel Hashim
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What AI companies want from Trump
Transformer Weekly: AI Action Plan responses, new EU COP draft, and preparing for an intelligence explosion
Mar 14
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Shakeel Hashim
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Can we deter a race to superintelligence?
Transformer Weekly: MAD for AI, Musk vs. OpenAI, and bad signs for the AI diffusion rule
Mar 7
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Shakeel Hashim
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