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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

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Killer robots on the battlefield? — UN report sparks debate, Senate passes massive high tech competitiveness bill, and China unveils a GPT-3 rival

Alex Friedland
| June 10, 2021

Plus: Crypto could make storage prices soar, emerging tech in the President’s budget request, Biden’s new anti-PRC executive order, and DOD plans for responsible AI

Google nixes DeepMind’s bid for autonomy, the Air Force tests its R2-D2 imitator, and Amazon indefinitely extends its ban on selling facial recognition to police

Alex Friedland
| May 27, 2021

Plus: The Endless “Endless Frontier Act,” hardware developments hint at the next decade of computing, and the CIA says goodbye to its secure fax machines

IBM wins the 2nm chip race, SecDef Austin links AI and deterrence, and Tesla pumps the brakes on autonomous driving

Alex Friedland
| May 13, 2021

Plus: Deepfake or makeup? — prank on European MPs wasn’t so high tech, the White House’s new AI website, DOD’s new Data Decrees, and Congress moves ahead with the Endless Frontier Act

The EU proposes a suite of new AI regulations, the FTC warns AI companies to fix biased algorithms, and the UK intervenes in the $40bn Nvidia-Arm deal

Alex Friedland
| April 29, 2021

Plus: Kremlin-linked pranksters use deepfakes to trick European lawmakers, Congress introduces a slate of new AI-relevant bills, and Biden nominates DOD CTO

Public officials found using facial recognition without oversight, TSMC’s $100B expansion plans, and the Army teams up with Microsoft for high-tech headsets

Alex Friedland
| April 15, 2021

Plus: Nvidia’s new CPUs could be an AI game changer, AI-relevant funding in Biden’s infrastructure proposal, and two Senate hearings with AI implications

Intel’s $20bn U.S. chipmaking investment, AI flops on COVID-19 screening, and DARPA’s virtual dogfights show promise

Alex Friedland
| April 1, 2021

Plus: Myanmar’s military gains access to facial recognition tech, a House bill to reshape NSF, and a Congressional report warns of brain drain

China sets new R&D targets, Biden’s interim strategic guidance touts AI, and a bipartisan Senate proposal for an international tech partnership

Alex Friedland
| March 18, 2021

Plus: A judge slams DOD’s Xiaomi ban, Stanford’s 2020 AI roundup, and OpenAI’s cool (but gullible) new system

Taiwanese drought jeopardizes global chip supply, Biden orders review of critical supply chains, and AI perseveres on Mars

Alex Friedland
| March 4, 2021

Plus: NSCAI releases its final report, Google’s controversial split with another AI ethics researcher, IBM looks to leave healthcare AI, and Dems introduce a major immigration bill.

U.S. chipmakers want federal help, researchers propose a better test for AI language models, and the Deputy SecDef talks AI

Alex Friedland
| February 18, 2021

Plus: The House forms a new defense tech subcommittee, a Chinese tech giant makes an AI play, and Biden calls Xi

Intel to outsource chipmaking, NSCAI publishes draft report, and MIT faculty push back after professor’s arrest

Alex Friedland
| February 3, 2021

Plus: More trouble on Google’s Ethical AI team, Congressional Dems target social media algorithms, and FBI looks into tracking social media with AI