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The tech non-profit sending most of its money to the consultancy that created it
Political consultancy Targeted Victory established a non-profit called American Resolve — which appears to be a channel for funding Targeted Victory…
 • Shakeel Hashim
Can the Pope spur meaningful action on AI?
AI safety advocates are hoping an unlikely ally can provide a rallying cry for guardrails and regulation
 • Julia Black
We’re in the dumbest timeline
Transformer Weekly: Trump signs EO, Hochul guts the RAISE Act, and GPT-5.2 launches
 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford
New York’s governor is trying to turn the RAISE Act into an SB 53 copycat
EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to strike the entire text of the RAISE Act, replacing it with verbatim language from SB 53, sources tell…
Another preemption defeat shows the AI industry is fighting a losing battle
The second failed attempt to pass federal preemption of state AI laws could have lasting repercussions for the industry
 • Shakeel Hashim
Exclusive: Here's the draft Trump executive order on AI preemption
The EO would establish an “AI Litigation Task Force" to challenge state AI laws
 • Shakeel Hashim
Why pressure on AI child safety could also address frontier risks
Keeping kids safe is a priority for legislators globally — and might increase attention on other risks, too
 • Chris Stokel-Walker
Doing AI safety policy when governments aren’t interested
Opinion: Jess Whittlestone argues that there are still ways to keep AI safety policy on the table even when governments don’t prioritize it
 • Jess Whittlestone
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
 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford
Japan’s unusual approach to AI policy
The country’s penalty-free AI legislation relies on social pressure and voluntary compliance — and experts say it could work elsewhere
 • Eleanor Warnock
The AI midterms have already begun
Transformer Weekly: Wiener and Bores announce, a new AISI chief, and a new NIST director
 • Shakeel Hashim and Jasper Jackson
Exclusive: UK AISI hires ex-GCHQ AI chief as interim director
Adam Beaumont is replacing Oliver Illott as head of the UK AI Security Institute
 • Shakeel Hashim
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