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Anthropic commits 5% of shares to a new public benefit fund
The fund can grow by another 2% for every 50% jump in Anthropic's valuation, with governance details still to come.
Jaeden SchaferEditor in Chief3 min read
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AI regulation, export controls, and government frameworks — the EU AI Act, US executive orders and state laws, China's AI policy, and how the rules landing now will shape the next decade of the industry.
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Security
Pentagon wants $30M to build an AI-powered lie detector called Polygraph+
The five-year DCSA program pairs machine learning with contactless sensors to vet staff and hunt leakers. Researchers call it 'the worst of both worlds.'
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
US-China AI hotline slips as Trump team targets Shenzhen deadline
Treasury's Scott Bessent floated the notification system Sunday, but officials say the framework won't be finalized for weeks — with a two-month runway to Shenzhen talks.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
US-China AI safety alert channel takes shape, but experts call it thin
Treasury's Scott Bessent floated a notification mechanism ahead of Trump-Xi talks; analysts say no technical experts sit on either side.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
California forces data centers to disclose water and power use under new laws
Governor Gavin Newsom signed seven bills Monday requiring monthly energy reporting and separate utility rates for AI data centers starting next year.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
US and China open talks on AI incident notification framework
Treasury's Scott Bessent says the US China AI Dialogue would create a channel for the two powers to flag national security incidents.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
UN panel urges AI safeguards now, citing precautionary principle on agent risks
The UN's first scientific brief on AI says governments shouldn't wait for certainty before reining in autonomous agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
News
Trump floats AI rebrand, promises 'AI Force' and new czar
The president called safety concerns a Democratic hoax and polled followers on renaming AI to Superior, Extreme, or Supreme Intelligence.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
Virginia's Spanberger signs Executive Order 22 curbing data centers, launches AI task force
The order bans NDAs on data center projects, tightens noise rules, and creates a state AI task force to weigh workforce and privacy risks.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Analysis
China rejects Anthropic's call to pace AI development
Beijing officials and Chinese AI researchers dismiss Dario Amodei's slowdown proposal as a ploy to lock in a US lead.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Analysis
China state paper calls Anthropic's slow-AI push a Cold War tactic
Beijing's official press frames Anthropic's safety advocacy as a US strategy to hobble Chinese AI development.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Analysis
Anthropic's Dario Amodei calls AI backlash 'a crisis of trust'
Amodei pushes back on investor Gavin Baker's claim that his AI warnings have fueled US opposition to data centers and new regulation.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Connecticut judge flags first US case of prompt injection hidden in court filings
A pro se litigant hid white-on-white AI instructions in pleadings to sway the court; the judge banned him from e-filing.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Analysis
Zuckerberg publishes 6,500-word AI manifesto pitching open superintelligence
Meta's CEO lays out an infrastructure, distribution, and regulatory plan built around free access and open-weight models.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
Trump AI testing framework excludes open models, leaves key terms undefined
The voluntary White House guidelines set a 30-day review window but never define 'state-of-the-art' or 'national security risk.'
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
Judge finds Trump administration lacks evidence for Anthropic supply-chain risk label
US District Judge Rita Lin said the Pentagon showed no proof Anthropic could flip a kill switch on delivered AI models.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
1,100 AI lab employees ask US government to help pace automated AI research
Signatories from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta warn automated AI research could accelerate beyond human control without coordinated governance.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
OpenAI and Anthropic lobby Washington to curb Chinese open-weight AI
Moonshot's Kimi launch triggered a familiar Silicon Valley freakout — and a lobbying push that would conveniently sideline the frontier labs' cheapest competition.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Business
South Korea's Lee hosts US tech CEOs, pitches Seoul as AI hub
President Lee Jae-myung's summit with American tech leaders lands as Seoul races to anchor a domestic AI stack against US and Chinese competition.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
AI Kill Switch Act would give DHS power to shut down rogue AI systems
House bill from Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran would fine AI firms $20M per day for refusing government-ordered shutdowns.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
House lawmakers to file AI Kill Switch Act giving DHS shutdown authority
The bill would let DHS order AI companies to halt or throttle models in loss-of-control scenarios, with fines up to $20 million a day.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
Chris Fall resigns as head of US AI standards agency after three months
The director of Commerce's Center for AI Standards and Innovation is out just three months after taking the role in April.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
News
New York's Hochul used AI to review 'every single rule' in state law
Governor Kathy Hochul says AI compressed a five-year regulatory review into a couple of months, days after signing a hyperscale data center moratorium.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
New York enacts first US state moratorium on large data centers
Governor Kathy Hochul blocked new environmental permits for data centers above 50 megawatts, with a stricter legislative version awaiting her signature.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Security
OpenAI releases Sol with no clear US government approval process
Eighteen months into the Trump administration, nobody — including frontier labs — can explain how AI models get cleared for public release.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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