Industry

AI workers are speaking out about the Minnesota killing

Employees of Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic are publicly criticizing the Trump administration after Saturday’s shooting — but their bosses are…

Jan 26 • Shakeel Hashim

The GOP consultancy at the heart of the industry’s AI fight

How a network of Targeted Victory alumni are campaigning against AI laws

Dec 18, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim

Can AI embrace whistleblowing?

As Anthropic prepares to publish its whistleblowing policy, can the industry make the most of protecting those who speak out?

Dec 2, 2025 • James Ball

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

What you need to know about the OpenAI restructure

Negotiations have seen safeguards and concessions built in, but questions remain about how effective they’ll be, and how fair the deal is

Oct 29, 2025 • Celia Ford

Where have the really big AI models gone?

Why the race to scale up pretraining isn’t over

Oct 28, 2025 • Lynette Bye

OpenAI's descent into slop

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

Oct 3, 2025

Insurance might be the key to making AI secure

Opinion: Cristian Trout, Rajiv Dattani and Rune Kvist argue that insurance can help reward responsible development of AI.

Sep 24, 2025

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, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Chip location verification is the new export control battleground

The Chip Security Act proposes a way to tackle chip smuggling. Semiconductor companies don’t seem to like it.

Sep 9, 2025 • Jonathan Stein

Bubbles can still change the world

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

Aug 22, 2025 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

Anthropic’s piracy could make its copyright battle existential

Anthropic could have to pay billions in damages — and others may follow

Aug 19, 2025 • James Ball

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