# Tech and Democracy Technology for the good Page: Feed: --- ## [Five Reasons AI Regulation Is Coming To The US, How And When](https://carvao.substack.com/p/five-reasons-ai-regulation-is-coming) _2026-08-07 · Paulo Carvao_ AI Regulation shifts from debate to enforcement as cyber incidents and U.S. politics push frontier labs toward trust-building oversight amid rising 2026 pressure. ## [You Outsourced the AI—but You Still Own the Risk](https://carvao.substack.com/p/you-outsourced-the-aibut-you-still) _2026-07-09 · Paulo Carvao_ Enterprises increasingly deploy AI systems they did not build, yet courts and regulators are holding them responsible. ## [Connect Education To Jobs And Create An AI Workforce Transition Plan](https://carvao.substack.com/p/connect-education-to-jobs-and-create) _2026-07-08 · Paulo Carvao_ An AI workforce transition needs more than retraining. P-TECH shows how education, employers and credentials can connect workers to jobs reshaped by AI. ## [How Anthropic, OpenAI, The Vatican And Congress Want To Govern AI](https://carvao.substack.com/p/how-anthropic-openai-the-vatican) _2026-07-07 · Paulo Carvao_ Anthropic, OpenAI, the Vatican and Congress all agree AI needs guardrails—but they disagree on what should be protected first, from catastrophic risk to human dignity and U.S. competitiveness. ## [Making Sense Of The AI IPO Tsunami Heading For Wall Street](https://carvao.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-the-ai-ipo-tsunami) _2026-06-12 · Paulo Carvao_ The AI IPO wave will test whether OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX can turn private-market valuations into public-market trust and durable investor demand. ## [Trump's AI Evaluations Order: Right Policy, Unfinished Governance](https://carvao.substack.com/p/trumps-ai-evaluations-order-right) _2026-06-10 · Paulo Carvao_ Trump’s AI evaluation order advances national security testing but raises concerns over secrecy, industry access and public accountability. ## [OpenAI And Anthropic Are Testing Two Very Different AI Business Models](https://carvao.substack.com/p/why-ai-profitability-belongs-to-enterprise) _2026-05-27 · Paulo Carvao_ AI profitability favors enterprise over consumer scale. Anthropic reaches profit as OpenAI plans IPO. Which model wins with public market investors and why it matters. ## [Build Modern Tech Policy By Hiring The Students Who Already Understand It](https://carvao.substack.com/p/build-modern-tech-policy-by-hiring) _2026-05-21 · Paulo Carvao_ Hire the next generation of modern tech policy talent now. Students already understand AI, law, governance and the skills institutions urgently need. ## [AI, Democracy And The Politics Of The Kitchen Table](https://carvao.substack.com/p/ai-democracy-and-the-politics-of) _2026-05-15 · Paulo Carvao_ AI is becoming a kitchen table issue as data centers, electricity bills, jobs, privacy, children and democracy collide before the 2026 midterms. ## [Pre-Deployment AI Evaluation Moves From China’s Model To Washington](https://carvao.substack.com/p/pre-deployment-ai-evaluation-moves) _2026-05-14 · Paulo Carvao_ Washington’s new pre-deployment AI evaluation push echoes China’s model and exposes why Congress needs stable, bipartisan AI policy. ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RsAuQ2gaZ5kG) _2026-05-14 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [When Federal Agencies Pick AI Vendors, They Are Buying Different Policy Interpretations](https://carvao.substack.com/p/when-federal-agencies-pick-ai-vendors) _2026-05-13 · Paulo Carvao_ Harvard Kennedy School research shows how AI can analyze AI policy and why different models may interpret the same policy in different ways. ## [Five Reasons Anthropic Kept Its Cybersecurity Breakthrough Invite-Only](https://carvao.substack.com/p/five-reasons-anthropic-kept-its-cybersecurity) _2026-04-15 · Paulo Carvao_ Anthropic’s invite-only rollout of Project Glasswing shows how frontier AI is becoming a premium enterprise product, shaped by scarcity, safety and market strategy. ## [National Policy Framework Turns AI Preemption Into A 2026 Political Test](https://carvao.substack.com/p/national-policy-framework-turns-ai) _2026-04-09 · Paulo Carvao_ Trump’s AI framework pushes federal preemption to the center of U.S. AI policy, setting up a 2026 fight over state power, accountability and national standards. ## [AI Leadership Faces Its Defining Test As Anthropic Takes The Pentagon To Court](https://carvao.substack.com/p/ai-leadership-faces-its-defining) _2026-03-18 · Paulo Carvao_ Anthropic sues the Pentagon while OpenAI signs a deal. What two CEOs' contrasting choices reveal about AI leadership, market value, and ethical risk. ## [The Conscience Clause](https://carvao.substack.com/p/the-conscience-clause) _2026-03-11 · Paulo Carvao_ The Anthropic-Pentagon standoff exposed a dangerous vacuum: AI is reshaping national security, but no law governs how. Who decides, and who should? ## [Mass-surveillance is a reality in the U.S.](https://carvao.substack.com/p/mass-surveillance-is-a-reality-in) _2026-02-28 · Paulo Carvao_ What five different Chatbots, three American and two Chinese, tell us? ## [Should AI Go To War? Anthropic And The Pentagon Fight It Out](https://carvao.substack.com/p/should-ai-go-to-war-anthropic-and) _2026-02-27 · Paulo Carvao_ Explore the clash between Anthropic and the Pentagon over military AI. Learn how debates on ethical guardrails and autonomous weapons shape the future of global warfare. ## [The Problem With Tech's Latest “Something Big Is Happening” Manifesto](https://carvao.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-techs-latest-something) _2026-02-20 · Paulo Carvao_ A critical take on Matt Shumer’s viral AI manifesto, examining labor market disruption, hype cycles and the real path to responsible AI adoption. ## [Should The U.S. Risk Its AI Edge By Letting Nvidia Sell Chips To China?](https://carvao.substack.com/p/should-the-us-risk-its-ai-edge-by) _2026-01-29 · Paulo Carvao_ A clear-eyed look at export controls, national security, innovation and America’s long-term AI leadership. ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SBgjogXFFzHO) _2026-01-29 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [AI In 2026: The Year AI Meets Enterprise And Politics](https://carvao.substack.com/p/ai-in-2026-the-year-ai-meets-enterprise) _2026-01-12 · Paulo Carvao_ AI in 2026 faces limits to scaling, new innovation beyond large models, rising enterprise adoption and mounting pressure on Congress to regulate.