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How to buy an AI ‘grassroots’ movement
Build American AI is touting its list of more than 500,000 supporters. It spent at least half a million dollars on ads to get it
 • Veronica Irwin
Both sides claim the lead in AI’s high-stakes midterm race
Polling from Public First shows Alex Bores in the lead in NY-12 — but polling from rival super PAC Leading the Future does not
 • Veronica Irwin
What the first AI elections tell us
Transformer Weekly: The AI Campaign Finance Tracker, DoD vs Anthropic, and Commerce vs White House
 • Veronica Irwin and Celia Ford
Why we need a moratorium on superintelligence research
Opinion: As the AI community gathers in India, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath argues that the UK must spearhead a pause on the development of the world’s most…
Alex Bores wants to fix Dems’ AI problem
Transformer Weekly: Anthropic’s political donations, energy bills policy, and an xAI exodus
 • Veronica Irwin, Celia Ford, and Shakeel Hashim
India’s AI summit is trying to do too much
The AI Impact Summit has an ambitious agenda — but its lack of focus makes concrete results unlikely
 • Shakeel Hashim
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
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