Policy

How to fill Congress’s AI knowledge gap

Building independent expertise inside Capitol Hill could reduce reliance on industry briefings and fellows

17 hrs ago • Chris Stokel-Walker

What’s happened to MAGA’s $100m AI push?

A David Sacks-endorsed advocacy group said it would spend $100m promoting Trump’s AI agenda — but a defunct PAC and flop YouTube video suggest a…

Jun 17 • Veronica Irwin

Mythos and Fable can make us all safer. Shutting them down is reckless

Opinion: Mozilla chief technology officer Raffi Krikorian argues that locking down the most powerful AI models doesn’t make us safer, it just…

Jun 16 • Raffi Krikorian

Washington made a frontier AI model disappear

The AI licensing regime is here, but it’s not the one anyone asked for

Jun 13 • Shakeel Hashim

OpenAI isn’t being consistently candid about Leading the Future

OpenAI insists it doesn’t fund or direct LTF — but one of the super PAC’s operatives describes it as a “corporate funder” with “a say”

Jun 11 • Veronica Irwin

The best AI bill yet may not get far

Transformer Weekly: The Obernolte-Trahan AI Act, Trump’s executive order, and Anthropic discusses a pause

Jun 5 • Shakeel Hashim, Veronica Irwin, and Celia Ford

Do voters care about existential AI risks? One Senate candidate thinks so

Democrat Mallory McMorrow has released an unusually detailed AI agenda. Will it be a vote winner?

Jun 4 • Veronica Irwin

Trump’s AI executive order was inevitable

Sufficiently capable models force national security responses — turning even the most ardent opponents of regulation into begrudging regulators

Jun 3 • Shakeel Hashim

The campaign to stop federal AI laws is backfiring

Transformer Weekly: SB 315, Anthropic’s mega valuation, and the Pope talks AI

May 29 • Shakeel Hashim, Celia Ford, and Veronica Irwin

AI safety’s ‘hard money’ may be its secret weapon in the midterms

Anthropic employees in particular are giving directly to political campaigns at an unusual clip

May 28 • Veronica Irwin

Is OpenAI changing its tune on AI laws?

Transformer Weekly: US-China talks, AI executive order, and Anthropic’s $900b valuation

May 15 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford

An Oregon congresswoman distanced herself from Leading the Future — then backtracked

After the AI super PAC endorsed her and two other Democrats, Rep. Val Hoyle went back and forth on whether she was happy with their support

May 13 • Veronica Irwin

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