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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
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
I summarised the AI Action Plan comments for you
Transformer Weekly: OpenAI for-profit shenanigans, AI updates from Google’s antitrust trial, and a House CCP Committee report on DeepSeek
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Shakeel Hashim
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Google breaks its promises
Where's Gemini 2.5 Pro's system card?
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Shakeel Hashim
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California’s surprisingly good AI policy report
Transformer Weekly: California report on frontier AI risks, a new AI benchmark, and more Action Plan comments
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Shakeel Hashim
What AI companies want from Trump
Transformer Weekly: AI Action Plan responses, new EU COP draft, and preparing for an intelligence explosion
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Shakeel Hashim
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Can we deter a race to superintelligence?
Transformer Weekly: MAD for AI, Musk vs. OpenAI, and bad signs for the AI diffusion rule
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Shakeel Hashim
Is AI progress slowing down?
Transformer Weekly: Claude 3.7, GPT-4.5, and warnings of imminent risks
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Shakeel Hashim
The AI Security era has begun
Transformer Weekly: AISI rebrands, Elon meddles, and new models are imminent
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Shakeel Hashim
How to think about DeepSeek
Also in Transformer Weekly: Meta’s RSP, a Paris preview, and Amodei on China.
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Shakeel Hashim
Unravelling the Stargate spin
Transformer Weekly: DSIT's indecision, ever-shortening timelines, and DeepSeek's new model
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Shakeel Hashim
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