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A year-end wave of AI releases, Commerce updates China-focused chip rules, and the CDAO’s $100 million deal with Anduril

Alex Friedland
| December 19, 2024

Plus: Trump names AI and Crypto Czar, a Manhattan Project for AI, Pat Gelsinger’s Intel ouster, and the House AI Task Force’s report

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A year-end wave of AI releases, Commerce updates China-focused chip rules, and the CDAO’s $100 million deal with Anduril

Alex Friedland
| December 19, 2024

Plus: Trump names AI and Crypto Czar, a Manhattan Project for AI, Pat Gelsinger’s Intel ouster, and the House AI Task Force’s report

What Trump’s victory means for AI policy, chips, and AI development

Alex Friedland
| November 21, 2024

Plus: Reports of an AI wall meet pushback, LLMs for the Pentagon and the PLA, and Anthropic’s Claude can use a computer

DoD announces “Replicator 2” for counter-drone tech, Newsom vetoes SB 1047, and Commerce’s new (and upcoming) chip export rules

Alex Friedland
| October 17, 2024

Plus: OpenAI’s $6.6B fundraising round, AI data centers go nuclear, the FTC cracks down on misleading AI promises, and OMB’s AI acquisition guidance

OpenAI’s new reasoning model and the future of AI, the California State Legislature passes SB 1047, and chips news from TSMC and Intel

Alex Friedland
| September 19, 2024

Plus: Mario Draghi sounds the alarm on EU competitiveness and the DIU looks to use generative AI for joint planning and wargaming

Wall Street tempers its AI expectations, antitrust enforcers tally a win against Google, and NTIA weighs in on open weights

Jack Corrigan
| August 15, 2024

Plus: The new models keep rolling out, and Grok spreads election misinformation

Firms crack down on AI propaganda operations, Anthropic and OpenAI try to open the black box, and California AI bill grabs headlines

Owen Daniels
| June 27, 2024

Plus: Palantir Dives into Data to Support CJADC2

OpenAI and Google show off new AI features, Meta’s Llama 3 is the best in open-source, DARPA’s AI dogfight, and U.S.-China AI risk talks

Alex Friedland
| May 16, 2024

Plus: Schumer-led group publishes roadmap for AI legislation, export controls on AI models, and Stanford’s yearly AI rewind

IDF uses AI to accelerate targeting according to report, the White House releases guidance on federal AI use, and a roundup of the latest computing and funding news

Alex Friedland
| April 11, 2024

Plus: A leadership change at the DOD’s AI office, and the Commerce Department announces billions in CHIPS funding

Claude 3, OpenAI, and Gemini headline a packed month for generative AI, the European Parliament adopts the EU AI Act, and the U.S. House’s AI Task Force

Alex Friedland
| March 14, 2024

Plus: TSMC's Japanese success — new chip plant operational as U.S. projects lag, AI in Biden’s budget request, and researchers call for proactive AI risk management

Sam Altman’s $7 trillion chip moonshot, the FTC probes OpenAI and Anthropic deals, and the EU AI Act clears an important hurdle

Alex Friedland
| February 15, 2024

Plus: DIU’s big plan for “DIU 3.0,” SMIC’s 5 nm chip, the DOD’s “AI Bias Bounty” program, and updates on the U.S. AI Safety Institute