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The many contradictions of Jensen Huang

Transformer Weekly: Debate after Altman attacks, lots more money for AI PACs and AISI’s role in UK AI investment

Apr 17 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

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Apr 9 • Shakeel Hashim

Less liability could solve the AI chatbot suicide problem

Opinion: Jess Miers and Ray Yeh argue holding AI companies liable for how they deal with mental health could backfire: escalating distress, shutting…

Apr 16

Anthropic’s donations can’t be used to influence elections — despite what everyone thought

The company's money isn’t allowed to be used in the midterm battles. Without it, pro-safety candidates may be even more outgunned than expected

Apr 13 • Veronica Irwin

The Pentagon is already suffering the consequences of banning Anthropic

Transformer Weekly: The battle for Gottheimer, OpenAI’s ‘New Deal’, and Meta’s new model

Apr 10

The power and politics of transformative AI.

Policy

Lawmakers are using AI to write laws. What could go wrong?

Lawmakers and companies are quietly using AI to draft legislation. Experts warn the risks are underappreciated

Apr 9

AI’s next big blue battleground

There’s a lot going on in Illinois

Mar 26 • Veronica Irwin

Six states, one playbook: the chatbot bills raising red flags

Google’s intervened on at least three of the bills

Mar 19 • Veronica Irwin

How to buy an AI ‘grassroots’ movement

Build American AI is touting its list of more than 500,000 supporters. It spent at least half a million dollars on ads to get it

Mar 17 • Veronica Irwin

Industry

The many contradictions of Jensen Huang

Transformer Weekly: Debate after Altman attacks, lots more money for AI PACs and AISI’s role in UK AI investment

Apr 17 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

How the Iran war might affect the AI industry

Semiconductor shortages and reduced AI investment are more possible by the day

Apr 2 • Shakeel Hashim

The two fronts in the OpenAI and Anthropic battle

Transformer Weekly: New Claude Mythos model details leaked, Anthropic wins injunction against DoD blacklisting and conservative groups form AI alliance

Mar 27 • Jasper Jackson, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

Not everyone’s happy about Jensen Huang’s direct line to Trump

The Nvidia CEO’s influence over the administration, particularly on export controls, is causing ructions in Trumpworld

Mar 24 • Jake Lahut

Capabilities + Risks

Claude Mythos knows when it's breaking the rules — and tries to hide it

Anthropic’s new model is its “best-aligned” yet. But when it does misbehave, things get weird

Apr 8 • Celia Ford

Can we ever trust AI to watch over itself?

“Who the fuck knows how to align superhuman AI?”

Apr 1 • Celia Ford

No, alignment isn’t solved

Progress on ensuring models are in step with humans has calmed nerves. But some of the biggest problems are far from solved, and many more lie just over…

Mar 18 • Lynette Bye

The fuse is lit on the intelligence explosion

Transformer Weekly: Anthropic sues the Pentagon, Cruz preps AI legislation, and Meta delays its next LLM

Mar 13 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

Society

The key detail everyone’s getting wrong about AI and the economy

Opinion: Konrad Körding and Ioana Marinescu from the University of Pennsylvania argue artificial intelligence will likely have a limited impact on jobs…

Mar 25

‘Scream if you want to move slower!’ A nascent AI protest coalition comes together in London

A diversity of motivations present both a challenge, and an opportunity, for those protesting AI

Mar 9 • Alys Key

AI power users can't stop grinding

AI was meant to give us more time off, but instead many are finding it compels them to take on more and more work

Feb 18 • Celia Ford

The left is missing out on AI

As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right

Feb 16 • Dan Kagan-Kans

Opinion

Less liability could solve the AI chatbot suicide problem

Opinion: Jess Miers and Ray Yeh argue holding AI companies liable for how they deal with mental health could backfire: escalating distress, shutting…

Apr 16

The key detail everyone’s getting wrong about AI and the economy

Opinion: Konrad Körding and Ioana Marinescu from the University of Pennsylvania argue artificial intelligence will likely have a limited impact on jobs…

Mar 25

Why we need a moratorium on superintelligence research

Opinion: As the AI community gathers in India, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath argues that the UK must spearhead a pause on the development of the world’s most…

Feb 17

A false choice risks undermining action on autonomous weapons

Opinion: Alexander Blanchard of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute argues that nations must embrace nuance if they’re to effectively…

Jan 27

Weekly Briefing

The many contradictions of Jensen Huang

Transformer Weekly: Debate after Altman attacks, lots more money for AI PACs and AISI’s role in UK AI investment

Apr 17 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

The Pentagon is already suffering the consequences of banning Anthropic

Transformer Weekly: The battle for Gottheimer, OpenAI’s ‘New Deal’, and Meta’s new model

Apr 10

AI populism's safety problem

Transformer Weekly: OpenAI buys TBPN, Cantwell’s open to negotiations, and SpaceX’s mega IPO

Apr 3 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

The two fronts in the OpenAI and Anthropic battle

Transformer Weekly: New Claude Mythos model details leaked, Anthropic wins injunction against DoD blacklisting and conservative groups form AI alliance

Mar 27 • Jasper Jackson, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

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