Industry

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.

11 hrs ago •

Bubbles can still change the world

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

Aug 22 •

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Anthropic’s piracy could make its copyright battle existential

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

Aug 19 •

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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Does Zuck believe in superintelligence?

Transformer Weekly: H20 fights, OpenAI fundraising, and Gemini 2.5 Deep Think

Aug 1 •

Why is Hugging Face hosting tools to make deepfake porn of teenage celebrities?

The “ethical” AI company is hosting models designed to make nonconsensual sexual content, despite clear breaches of its policies

Jul 23 •

OpenAI hits the biorisk alarm with Agent

Transformer Weekly: China gets Nvidia chips, a preview of the AI Action Plan, and Sanders worries about AI risks

Jul 18 •

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Can Alexandr Wang save Meta?

Transformer Weekly: More Republican moratorium opposition, the RAISE Act passes, and Altman’s ‘gentle singularity’.

Jun 13 •

Book Review: ‘The Optimist’ and ‘Empire of AI’

Two new books try to unmask Sam Altman and OpenAI, to varying degrees of success

May 19 •

The flywheels are spinning

Transformer Weekly: Automated AI R&D, a regulatory moratorium, and deals with the Middle East

May 16 •

We need to know what’s happening with AI

Without transparency, society is flying blind toward potentially catastrophic AI capabilities

May 15 •

Who will ‘control’ OpenAI?

Transformer Weekly: OpenAI’s for-profit plans, Fidji Simo’s new role, and the end of the diffusion rule

May 9 •

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