Weekly Briefing

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

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

What the first AI elections tell us

Transformer Weekly: The AI Campaign Finance Tracker, DoD vs Anthropic, and Commerce vs White House

Mar 6 • Veronica Irwin and Celia Ford

The end of voluntary pauses

Transformer Weekly: Anthropic vs the Pentagon, Trump’s power pledge, and Meta’s chip deals

Feb 27 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

The White House’s risky war on the Utah AI bill

Transformer Weekly: Kratsios in India, Anthropic vs the Pentagon and new Meta super PACs

Feb 20 • Veronica Irwin, Celia Ford, and Shakeel Hashim

Alex Bores wants to fix Dems’ AI problem

Transformer Weekly: Anthropic’s political donations, energy bills policy, and an xAI exodus

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

Transformer Weekly: New models, a Super Bowl ad fight, and Obernolte’s being sidelined

Feb 6 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

Dario Amodei’s warnings don’t add up

Transformer Weekly: H200 approvals, a new California PAC, and OpenAI preps an IPO

Jan 30 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

AI CEOs want to slow down. The world’s too busy to help

Transformer Weekly: Obernolte’s big AI bill, Altman’s fundraising efforts, and Mast v Sacks

Jan 23 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

The AI midterm races to watch

Transformer Weekly: Meta’s Trump hire, Murati’s implosion, and the never-ending Grok saga

Jan 16 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Why hasn’t anyone stopped Grok?

Transformer Weekly: China’s H200 plans, the plot to oust Ro Khanna, and research turmoil at OpenAI

Jan 9 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts