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  1. · Vision

    What if brakes were there to help you go faster?

    Safety and speed are set against each other. Yet it was brakes that allowed lifts and trains to go further. A lesson for AI.
  2. · Explainers

    AI companions and teens: give Europe your say

    Europe wants AI companions disabled by default for minors. What the text proposes, and how to have your say before 26 November.
  3. · Vision

    The week AI had to answer for itself

    Patterns under oath, mandatory incident reporting, ads and GPT-6 in ChatGPT: the week's AI news in five minutes.
  4. · Society

    AI incidents: Washington makes reporting them mandatory

    After incidents at Anthropic, including a false statement sent to the police, the White House makes reporting of AI incidents mandatory.
  5. · Society

    In Utah, an AI can prescribe acne treatment

    In Utah, an app can prescribe a first course of acne treatment on its own, a first in the United States. What it is allowed to do, and what it is not.
  6. · Society

    In China, a virtual singer has her own ID card

    In Beijing, Yuri, an AI-created singer, has been granted official papers allowing her to sign contracts. Why China is doing this.
  7. · Society

    New York puts AI giants under oath

    The New York City Council put whistleblowers and the AI giants under oath. What was said, and what it could change.
  8. · Society

    The head of American spies takes the lead on AI

    Jay Clayton, the US intelligence chief, becomes the White House's AI lead, heading up a "Super Intelligence Force". What that tells us.
  9. · Vision

    Who has the right to have an AI without guardrails?

    Google is giving an AI without guardrails to "trusted" defenders. But who decides who deserves that trust, and what happens if they get it wrong?
  10. · Vision

    What difference does changing the name of a thing make?

    Washington renames AI "superintelligence". A name is never neutral: it shapes what we see. The original phrase was not neutral either.
  11. · Society

    Trump renames AI "superintelligence"

    A decree renames AI "superintelligence" in the United States, and industry bosses sign a voluntary commitment, with no penalties attached.
  12. · Vision

    AI that improves itself: its builders sound the alarm

    At Anthropic, AI already writes over 80% of the code. Pioneers and researchers from the big labs warn: the loop could run away with itself.
  13. · Society

    An AI agent does something stupid: who is responsible?

    When an AI agent gets it wrong with your money, who pays? The FTC refuses to make it an independent actor. What that changes for you.
  14. · Vision

    Ulysses had himself tied to the mast. Are AI bosses doing the same?

    Why do we sometimes call for constraint? We examine this move, what it presupposes, and what distinguishes a sincere commitment from a manoeuvre.
  15. · Society

    Two AI bosses went to the UN to ask to be regulated

    OpenAI and Anthropic executives called for global regulation at the UN Security Council. We explain why an industry is asking for rules, and why that probably will not be enough.
  16. · Society

    Doctors put the brakes on medical AI beyond diagnosis

    Clinicians are challenging the expansion of medical AI beyond diagnosis, citing weak performance data. We explain why this boundary is not arbitrary.
  17. · Society

    An 'AI Force' and an AI tsar: what the White House is announcing

    The US president has announced the appointment of an AI tsar and the creation of an "AI Force" modelled on the Space Force to oversee the industry. We analyse what this institutional choice reveals.
  18. · Explainers

    What is the Cloud Act, and why hosting in Europe is not enough

    The Cloud Act allows US authorities to demand data held by a company under their jurisdiction, wherever it is stored. We explain how the mechanism works and what to check.
  19. · Society

    A company moves to Germany to reassure its clients

    An AI platform is moving its US parent company to Germany to address its customers' concerns about the Cloud Act. We analyse what this move reveals.
  20. · Society

    The standards body of the three big laboratories treated as a cartel

    The three main labs are working on a pre-deployment testing body inspired by FINRA. Cohere's chief executive sees it as a cartel. We analyse both positions.

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