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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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OpenAI vs. NYT — the copyright fight and the future of AI training, AI in the FY2024 NDAA, and two GAO reports on AI

Alex Friedland
| January 18, 2024

Plus: EU leaders reach agreement on AI Act (but still need to ratify) and how AI is helping to accelerate scientific discovery

A pivotal moment for AI regulation — Biden pushes forward U.S. policy with an executive order, but the EU’s AI Act could be on the ropes

Alex Friedland
| November 16, 2023

Plus: The UK hosts a summit on AI safety, 45 states sign on to the United States’ military AI declaration, and a roundup of the latest AI and chips news

Biden updates AI chip export rules to China, and OpenAI, Adobe and Google headline a big month for Generative AI

Alex Friedland
| October 26, 2023

Plus: AI in the Senate — Schumer’s Forums vs. Thune and Klobuchar’s “Light Touch,” and rumors of custom chips could spell trouble for Nvidia

New Huawei phone causes a stir, DOD launches autonomy initiative, and a first foray into regulating AI-generated political ads

Jack Corrigan and Owen Daniels
| September 14, 2023

Plus: US-China science partnership flounders, Google goes on trial, and a roundup of AI congressional hearings

Biden restricts certain Chinese investments, Meta frees the LLaMA, and AI companies promise the White House they’ll keep users safe

Jack Corrigan
| August 10, 2023

Plus: TSMC postpones Arizona fab plans, researchers break chatbot safeguards, and an NDAA update

Beijing, Washington, and The Hague push chipmaking export controls, Schumer debuts AI legislation plan, and EU-U.S. data flows unclog (for now)

Alex Friedland
| July 13, 2023

Plus: EU companies criticize the AI Act, and a roundup of generative AI news from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Inflection AI

The EU takes a big step forward on the AI Act, an open statement warns of “societal-scale risks” posed by AI, and G7 leaders discuss AI governance

Alex Friedland
| June 15, 2023

Plus: The White House is drafting a “National AI Strategy,” EU and U.S. ministers discuss concerns about generative AI, and the last month in “bad AI”

The EU edges closer to enacting its AI Act, Google debuts AI tools as some worry about its future, and the NSF funds new AI institutes

Alex Friedland
| May 18, 2023

Plus: Mr. Altman goes to Washington, Anthropic’s Claude can read a book in under 30 seconds, and the DOD publishes its S&T strategy

Alphabet combines its AI labs to form “Google DeepMind,” China introduces new rules for generative AI, and a U.S. AI panel releases its first report

Alex Friedland
| May 4, 2023

Plus: Palantir wants to bring LLMs to military decision-making; White House, Commerce solicit feedback on responsible AI; and the FTC, DOJ, CFPB and EEOC pledge to guard against harmful AI

Stopping dangerous AI — two public letters frame the debate, Biden discusses AI risks, Bloomberg trains an LLM on its own data, and White House emerging tech announcements

Alex Friedland
| April 6, 2023

Plus: The DOJ and FTC look to protect competition in the AI industry, Stanford’s yearly AI report, and AI-image tool Midjourney struggles with disinformation