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Washington is waking up to AGI
Transformer Weekly: A very AGI-pilled Congressional hearing; moratorium machinations; and a bunch of copyright developments.
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Shakeel Hashim
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Tech's scared of the RAISE Act
Transformer Weekly: The RAISE Act, the RISE Act, and a whole lot of lobbying
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Shakeel Hashim
Can Alexandr Wang save Meta?
Transformer Weekly: More Republican moratorium opposition, the RAISE Act passes, and Altman’s ‘gentle singularity’.
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Shakeel Hashim
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The moratorium fight continues
Transformer Weekly: MTG vs. Skynet, AISI becomes CAISI, and Bengio’s new org
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Shakeel Hashim

May 2025

AI unemployment discourse is heating up
Transformer Weekly: Amodei’s job warning, US AISI rebranding, and a new DeepSeek model
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Shakeel Hashim
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Misaligned AI is no longer just theory
A host of new evidence shows that misalignment is possible — but it's unclear whether harm will follow
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Lynette Bye
Book Review: ‘The Optimist’ and ‘Empire of AI’
Two new books try to unmask Sam Altman and OpenAI, to varying degrees of success
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Shakeel Hashim
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The flywheels are spinning
Transformer Weekly: Automated AI R&D, a regulatory moratorium, and deals with the Middle East
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Shakeel Hashim
We need to know what’s happening with AI
Without transparency, society is flying blind toward potentially catastrophic AI capabilities
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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
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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
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Shakeel Hashim

April 2025

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