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The week AI doom went mainstream

A new Anthropic report on Claude misuse—including people trying to use it for bioweapons research—adds to a weeklong flurry of concern around existential AI risk.

Whizy Kim

Astra’s black box problem

OpenAI’s new model reportedly doesn’t show some of its work, setting off alarms among safety researchers that AI is becoming even harder to monitor.

Whizy Kim

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No bots before high school

NYC is barring AI for students from pre-K through eighth grade, with new limits on teachers too.

Whizy Kim

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Anthropic fought the US government and won

A California federal judge ruled that the government illegally blacklisted Anthropic—and that it violated the company’s free speech.

Whizy Kim

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Bill Gates has a lot to say about AI

In a dizzying round of interviews with the media (as well as one very long blog post), Bill Gates is now imploring the world to take the dangers of AI more seriously.

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The frontier race upset

One frontier AI lab is printing money and refusing to slow down. The other isn’t. Guess which one is which.

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The AI privacy problem we’re opting into

As AI assistants race to become more useful, they’re asking for access to more of your life. And they're not always asking permission.

Whizy Kim