Archive - Transformer

Human oversight won’t solve AI warfare’s risks

The pitfalls of AI-enabled weapons don’t disappear just because there’s a ‘human in the loop’

Oct 2 • Joshua Keating

Democrats want to lead on AI – but can’t agree how

With the midterm elections around the corner, the Dems are still struggling to reach a unified AI stance

Oct 1 • Daniel Strauss

September 2026

Scrapping Astra 6.1 looks like a good call. OpenAI shouldn’t be the one to make it.

It should not be the responsibility of a private company to decide whether its potentially dangerous product is released to the public

Sep 29 • Jasper Jackson

AI governance is coming, with or without Trump

Transformer Weekly: UN talks AI, OpenAI hacks Australia, and midterm spending heats up

Sep 25 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

Hacking is the least worrying part of OpenAI’s Australia incident

OpenAI didn’t tell Australia about the hack for weeks — raising serious questions about how it handles rogue AI incidents

Sep 24 • Shakeel Hashim

How to respond to an AI disaster

Catastrophes can occur with any new technology, but history offers valuable lessons for dealing with them

Sep 22 • Duncan Weldon

Trump’s AI stance is politically toxic

Transformer Weekly: OpenAI gets hacked, US-China talks, and AI R&D gets automated

Sep 18 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

AI expansion may not be one big environmental problem. But it’ll be lots of smaller ones.

The effects of rapid AI development are likely to be minor compared to other sectors — but its true impact will be felt at the local level

Sep 17

To bargain with China, the US needs to regulate AI

Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, America’s strongest negotiating position on AI could be setting rules for itself

Sep 15 • Paper Tiger by Julian Gewirtz

Congress must not waste the AI policy window

Transformer Weekly: Hawley and Bonta investigate OpenAI, Khanna’s mea culpa, and a new Dem AI PAC

Sep 11 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Distributing AGI’s wealth worldwide is a very tricky problem

AGI could exacerbate global inequality. Avoiding that is a big policy challenge.

Sep 8 • Jacob Schaal

Everything you need to know about the ‘rogue’ AI incidents

A spate of AIs breaking out and taking unintended actions raises serious questions about accountability, transparency, and companies’ ability to control…

Sep 8 • Shakeel Hashim

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