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‘Scream if you want to move slower!’ A nascent AI protest coalition comes together in London
A diversity of motivations present both a challenge, and an opportunity, for those protesting AI
 • Alys Key
AI power users can't stop grinding
AI was meant to give us more time off, but instead many are finding it compels them to take on more and more work
 • Celia Ford
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
 • Dan Kagan-Kans
Why the AI industry can’t resist dirty on-site gas turbines
Expect others to follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps — there’s a logic to on-site gas power that the industry is unlikely to reject
 • James Ball
A false choice risks undermining action on autonomous weapons
Opinion: Alexander Blanchard of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute argues that nations must embrace nuance if they’re to effectively…
Why no one can agree on what AI will do to jobs
Will AI repeat history — or break it?
 • Lynette Bye
Why hasn’t anyone stopped Grok?
Transformer Weekly: China’s H200 plans, the plot to oust Ro Khanna, and research turmoil at OpenAI
 • Shakeel Hashim and Celia Ford
The AI copyright question has no easy answers
Nobody can agree on how copyright should apply to AI — or if copyright is fit for purpose at all.
Will AI safety become a mass movement?
Some AI safety activists think the community should borrow from the climate playbook and build broad public appeal — but not everyone agrees
 • Alys Key
A brief guide to the groups protesting over AI
The differences between Stop AI, PauseAI, ControlAI, and more
 • Shakeel Hashim
Why we need to think about taxing AI
Large-scale AI-driven unemployment could hit government spending without innovative changes to the tax system
 • Kari McMahon
What happens when the AI bubble bursts?
The world is prepping for an AI crash. History points to what that might look like
 • James Ball
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