The data center is a symbol
And for now, probably a pretty good one
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Why AI won’t cure cancer anytime soon
Superintelligent AI will accelerate medical progress, but there are some things about research it can’t speed up
Will bets on the price of computing power help or harm the AI economy?
A multi-trillion-dollar market for hedging data center investments is being built. It could bring stability. It could also drive a crash
America’s sloppiness could boost China’s AI race
Transformer Weekly: White House framework to include open models, Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto, and OpenAI departures
The Jan 6 organizer getting conservatives riled up about AI
Amy Kremer’s resume makes her loyalty to Trump impossible to question. Humans First is banking that will help mobilize the right
AI testing is dangerous. Can it be fixed?
The capability of models is outpacing ways to safely evaluate and contain them
A secret AI framework won’t work
AI is too important to regulate behind closed doors, especially given the government lacks much of the necessary expertise
What the latest rogue AI incidents should teach us
Hacking, creating fake identities and trying to socially engineer real people could be just the beginning if things don't change fast
Plz Don’t Kill Us: Inside AI safety’s influencer bootcamp
Can TikTokers make existential risk mainstream?
The AI slowdown is coming
Transformer Weekly: Claude hacks revealed, Commerce markup delayed, White House framework imminent
Child safety vs privacy: AI’s age verification dilemma
There’s good reason to limit how children use chatbots. But the trade-offs might be too costly
Internal AI deployments have people worried. OpenAI’s escaping models show why.
Last week illustrated why AI models pose a threat long before they are released