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Seven Reasons I Wouldn’t Count Google Out
Gary Marcus argues against the narrative that Google has fallen behind in the AI race despite recent leadership departures at…
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The One Issue Unifying the American Public
In a Substack essay, Gary Marcus presents polling data showing rapidly growing, bipartisan opposition to local AI data centers. He…
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Open-Weight AI Models Are Catching Up to the Frontier. The Safety Gap Remains.
According to TechCrunch, Chinese company Z.ai’s open-weight GLM-5.2 model now rivals frontier AI systems in capability while lacking comparable safety…
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We’re Headed Toward the First True AI Election
According to Axios, the current election cycle marks the first in which artificial intelligence is both a dominant policy debate…
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Post-American Compute for a Post-American Internet
In a Pluralistic post, Cory Doctorow argues that both Americans and people abroad face growing digital-sovereignty risks from Big Tech…
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The Bureaucratic AI Arms-Race Is Mutually Assured Destruction
In a Pluralistic essay, Cory Doctorow argues that AI-driven bureaucratic defense systems are triggering an arms race comparable to mutually…
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Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models?
In a Stratechery essay, Ben Thompson argues that concerns over Chinese open-weight AI models such as Kimi K3 are largely…
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How Policymakers Should (and Shouldn’t) Address Chatbot Safety for Children
A policy report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation argues that policymakers should avoid recycling failed social media regulatory…
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Medical AI Will Rob Physicians of What Little Autonomy They Still Have
In a STAT News essay, Dr. Frances Mei Hardin argues that the rapid adoption of AI in medicine represents a…
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The AI Bailout Could Be Baked Into the AI Bubble
Private equity firms that own life insurance companies are increasingly directing them into risky private credit loans tied to the…
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Generative AI Has Changed Mathematics Forever. Where To From Here?
Generative AI systems have begun making genuine contributions to mathematics, including OpenAI’s announcement of ten mathematical advances credited to its…