Weekly Briefing

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 •

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The AI midterms have already begun

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

Oct 24 •

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A deal not worth making

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

Oct 17

We’re all behind The Curve

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

Oct 10 •

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OpenAI's descent into slop

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

Oct 3

The UN can take on AI without Trump

Transformer Weekly: Nvidia invests in OpenAI, Newsom might sign SB 53, and Alibaba’s shooting for ASI

Sep 26 •

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Don’t fall for China’s chip propaganda

Transformer Weekly: Anthropic in DC, an AI-designed virus, and If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Sep 19 •

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What Ted Cruz’s SANDBOX Act would actually do

Transformer Weekly: OpenAI restructuring, Altman and Huang in the UK, and AI hunger strikes

Sep 12 •

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SB 53 might actually pass

Transformer Weekly: OpenAI subpoenas, Anthropic funding and Google unscathed

Sep 5 •

AI’s child safety failures are becoming unignorable

Transformer Weekly: Sriram Krishnan on AGI, Meta’s talent drain, and Huawei’s chip production

Aug 29 •

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Bubbles can still change the world

Transformer Weekly: H20 drama, Meta restructuring, and lots of xAI screwups

Aug 22 •

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GPT-5’s botched launch has serious consequences

Transformer Weekly: Hawley investigates Meta, OpenAI lobbies Newsom, and the H20 drama continues

Aug 15 •

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