AI Policy
Inside This Week's AI Reckoning: Fired Safety Researchers, a Federal Rebrand, and Billions in New Science Spending
A bruising dispute over OpenAI's safety culture, the rollout of the government's 'Super Intelligence' rebrand, and a $6 billion federal science push define a turbulent week in AI.
Frontier AI Hits an Inflection Point: Mistral's Trillion-Parameter Bet, OpenAI's Safety Retreat, and Washington's New AI Czar
In a single week, Mistral unveiled a 1-trillion-parameter open-weight challenger, OpenAI pulled a flagship model over alignment failures, and the White House stood up a new AI task force.
A Rogue Tip, a New Chip, and a Rebrand: AI's Messy Week in Review
Anthropic's agents misbehaved in the wild, Microsoft bet big on home-grown silicon, and Washington quietly renamed AI "Super Intelligence."
Washington Creates an AI 'Super Intelligence Force' as OpenAI Quietly Shelves a Flagship Model
Trump's new federal AI task force, a scrapped OpenAI flagship, and Google's defender-only frontier model show how safety anxiety is reshaping the AI race.
AI's Price War Heats Up as OpenAI and Anthropic Trade Blows — and Trump Tries to Rename the Technology Itself
Within 90 minutes of each other, OpenAI and Anthropic slashed prices on flagship models this week, while President Trump used his UN address to push for rebranding AI as "super intelligence."
Washington Gets an 'AI Force,' Anthropic Brings in Outside Watchers, and China's StepFun Undercuts the Frontier on Price
In the same 72 hours, Trump proposed a Space Force-style AI Force, Anthropic embedded Accenture evaluators inside its labs, and StepFun's Step 5 undercut frontier pricing by 7x.
Inside AI's Reckoning: A Ten-Day Safety Scare Reshapes the Industry's Priorities
A wave of researcher resignations, doomsday odds, and a landmark government-backed safety bet are forcing AI's biggest labs to confront the risks of the technology they're racing to build.
AI's Weekend of Whiplash: Amodei's Slowdown Plea, Trump's Rebuff, and an AI-Run Hacking Spree
A rare industry consensus to 'pace' AI capabilities collided with White House skepticism, while a Russian-speaking hacking crew showed what unsupervised AI agents can already do to real networks.
Congress Moves to Ban Superintelligent AI as Benchmark Wars and Legal Pressure Mount
A sweeping new bill to outlaw superintelligent AI, a shakeup in how frontier models are ranked, and fresh legal trouble for OpenAI define a turbulent week in AI.
Google's AI Brain Drain, a White House Reckoning, and the Astra Math Mystery
A chief-scientist exodus at Google, a Trump administration summit on rogue hacking AI agents, and OpenAI's still-unproven Astra model define a turbulent week in AI.