Archive - Transformer

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

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

Can we ever trust AI to watch over itself?

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

Apr 1 • Celia Ford

March 2026

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

AI’s next big blue battleground

There’s a lot going on in Illinois

Mar 26 • Veronica Irwin

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

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

The White House is trying to make AI a partisan issue again

The federal framework focuses on broad issues such as child safety and data centers, but has little for Dems or AI safety advocates

Mar 20 • 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

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

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

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

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