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Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches
21 hrs ago
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New York’s governor is trying to turn the RAISE Act into an SB 53 copycat
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to strike the entire text of the RAISE Act, replacing it with verbatim language from SB 53, sources tell…
Dec 11
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When high scores don’t mean high intelligence: how to build better benchmarks
Opinion: Researchers from the Oxford Internet Institute argue that lessons from social sciences can help us better assess the capabilities of AI
Dec 10
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Why AI reading science fiction could be a problem
The theory that we’re accidentally teaching AI to turn against us
Dec 9
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Lynette Bye
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The problem with DeepSeek
Transformer Weekly: Preemption’s out the NDAA, OpenAI’s ‘code red,’ and Anthropic’s IPO prep
Dec 5
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Shakeel Hashim
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Celia Ford
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The power and politics of transformative AI.
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We’re in the dumbest timeline
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches
21 hrs ago
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1
3
New York’s governor is trying to turn the RAISE Act into an SB 53 copycat
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to strike the entire text of the RAISE Act, replacing it with verbatim language from SB 53, sources tell…
Dec 11
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Another preemption defeat shows the AI industry is fighting a losing battle
The second failed attempt to pass federal preemption of state AI laws could have lasting repercussions for the industry
Dec 3
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Shakeel Hashim
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Exclusive: Here's the draft Trump executive order on AI preemption
The EO would establish an “AI Litigation Task Force" to challenge state AI laws
Nov 19
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Shakeel Hashim
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Industry
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Can AI embrace whistleblowing?
As Anthropic prepares to publish its whistleblowing policy, can the industry make the most of protecting those who speak out?
Dec 2
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James Ball
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The markets aren’t bracing for an AI crash — yet
Transformer Weekly: Blackwell chips and China, White House warning to pro-AI super pac, and OpenAI’s restructure
Oct 31
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Jasper Jackson
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Celia Ford
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What you need to know about the OpenAI restructure
Negotiations have seen safeguards and concessions built in, but questions remain about how effective they’ll be, and how fair the deal is
Oct 29
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Celia Ford
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Where have the really big AI models gone?
Why the race to scale up pretraining isn’t over
Oct 28
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Lynette Bye
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Capabilities + Risks
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Why AI reading science fiction could be a problem
The theory that we’re accidentally teaching AI to turn against us
Dec 9
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Lynette Bye
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The perils of AI safety’s insularity
By building their own intellectual ecosystem, researchers worried about existential AI risk shed academia's baggage — and, perhaps, some of its…
Dec 4
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Celia Ford
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Claude can identify its ‘intrusive thoughts’
“I’m experiencing something that feels like an intrusive thought,” Claude said in a recent experiment
Nov 13
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Celia Ford
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AI doesn’t need to be general to be dangerous
There’s more to AI safety than the AGI debate
Nov 11
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Shakeel Hashim
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Society
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Will AI safety become a mass movement?
Some AI safety activists think the community should borrow from the climate playbook and build broad public appeal — but not everyone agrees
Nov 28
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Alys Key
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A brief guide to the groups protesting over AI
The differences between Stop AI, PauseAI, ControlAI, and more
Nov 28
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Shakeel Hashim
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Why we need to think about taxing AI
Large-scale AI-driven unemployment could hit government spending without innovative changes to the tax system
Nov 4
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Kari McMahon
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What happens when the AI bubble bursts?
The world is prepping for an AI crash. History points to what that might look like
Oct 16
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James Ball
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Opinion
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How China’s AI diffusion plan could backfire
Opinion: Scott Singer argues that the country’s plan to embed AI across all facets of society could create huge growth — and accelerate social unrest
Dec 3
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SB 53 protects whistleblowers in AI — but asks a lot in return
Opinion: Abra Ganz and Karl Koch argue that whistleblower protections in SB-53 aren’t good enough on the face of it — but how the state chooses to…
Nov 26
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How profits can drive AI safety
Opinion: Geoff Ralston argues that the safety and security of AI doesn’t need to be at odds with profit and progress
Nov 19
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Doing AI safety policy when governments aren’t interested
Opinion: Jess Whittlestone argues that there are still ways to keep AI safety policy on the table even when governments don’t prioritize it
Nov 12
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Jess Whittlestone
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Weekly Briefing
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We’re in the dumbest timeline
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches
21 hrs ago
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The problem with DeepSeek
Transformer Weekly: Preemption’s out the NDAA, OpenAI’s ‘code red,’ and Anthropic’s IPO prep
Dec 5
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Shakeel Hashim
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Celia Ford
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Preemption isn’t looking any better second time round
Transformer Weekly: Gemini 3 wows, GAIN AI’s not looking good, and OpenAI drops GPT-5.1-Codex-Max
Nov 21
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Shakeel Hashim
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Celia Ford
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Silicon Valley should put the mask back on
Transformer Weekly: Semi-autonomous cyberattacks, Amazon backs GAIN AI Act, and a new super PAC-linked advocacy group
Nov 14
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Shakeel Hashim
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Celia Ford
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