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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
AI is persuasive, but that’s not the real problem for democracy
Opinion: Felix M Simon argues that AI is unlikely to significantly shape election results in the near future, but warns that it could damage democracy…
No, ChatGPT isn’t ‘making us stupid’
— but there’s still reason to worry
 • Celia Ford
Would democracy survive an AGI-supercharged economy?
AGI could lead to growth of 30% — and double digit unemployment. It’s not clear that democratic institutions would be able to survive
We’re getting the argument about AI's environmental impact all wrong
Individual ChatGPT queries are a rounding error — we need to think about the future
 • James Ball
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