Weekly Briefing

GPT-5.6 gets the Fable treatment

Transformer Weekly: AI companies’ talent problem, KOSA developments, and Google’s new AI policy framework

Jun 26 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

Is Fable the wakeup call DC needed?

Transformer Weekly: Blackburn’s preemption package, G7 AI talks, and OpenAI’s big new hires

Jun 19 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

A Fable about the future of power

Transformer Weekly: Preemption’s child safety push, OpenAI’s pause preparations, and SpaceX’s IPO

Jun 12 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

The best AI bill yet may not get far

Transformer Weekly: The Obernolte-Trahan AI Act, Trump’s executive order, and Anthropic discusses a pause

Jun 5 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

The campaign to stop federal AI laws is backfiring

Transformer Weekly: SB 315, Anthropic’s mega valuation, and the Pope talks AI

May 29 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

The executive order debacle is bad news for AI

Transformer Weekly: Trump’s AI executive order, SpaceX’s IPO filing, and Lehane’s super PAC thoughts

May 22 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

Is OpenAI changing its tune on AI laws?

Transformer Weekly: US-China talks, AI executive order, and Anthropic’s $900b valuation

May 15 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Government control of AI has begun

Transformer Weekly: Cruz’s latest messaging bill, Google employee outrage, and Elon goes to court

May 1 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

GPT-5.5 and the broken state of government evals

Transformer Weekly: DeepSeek V4, a new CAISI director, and Liccardo holds out on Obernolte

Apr 24 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

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

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