Weekly Briefing

Nine AI predictions for 2026

Will the bubble pop? Will AI dominate the midterms? Will Sam Altman snap?

Jan 2 • Shakeel Hashim, Jasper Jackson, and Celia Ford

The unseen acceleration

Transformer Weekly: Sanders data center moratorium call, China's EUV lithography prototype and OpenAI chasing a $750b+ valuatio

Dec 19, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

We’re in the dumbest timeline

Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches

Dec 12, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

The problem with DeepSeek

Transformer Weekly: Preemption’s out the NDAA, OpenAI’s ‘code red,’ and Anthropic’s IPO prep

Dec 5, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Preemption isn’t looking any better second time round

Transformer Weekly: Gemini 3 wows, GAIN AI’s not looking good, and OpenAI drops GPT-5.1-Codex-Max

Nov 21, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Silicon Valley should put the mask back on

Transformer Weekly: Semi-autonomous cyberattacks, Amazon backs GAIN AI Act, and a new super PAC-linked advocacy group

Nov 14, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

A federal AI backstop is not as insane as it sounds

Transformer Weekly: No B30A chips for China, Altman’s ‘pattern of lying’ and a watered down EU AI Act

Nov 7, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

The markets aren’t bracing for an AI crash — yet

Transformer Weekly: Blackwell chips and China, White House warning to pro-AI super pac, and OpenAI’s restructure

Oct 31, 2025 • Jasper Jackson and Celia Ford

The AI midterms have already begun

Transformer Weekly: Wiener and Bores announce, a new AISI chief, and a new NIST director

Oct 24, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Jasper Jackson

A deal not worth making

Transformer Weekly: OpenAI subpoenas, Nvidia shenanigans, and a new AGI definition

Oct 17, 2025

We’re all behind The Curve

Transformer Weekly: GAIN AI Act, China’s rare earth crackdown, and AI bubble talk

Oct 10, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

OpenAI's descent into slop

Transformer Weekly: Newsom signs SB 53, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and a Hawley/Blumenthal evals bill

Oct 3, 2025

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