On July 24, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang wrote a letter called "Open Weights and American AI Leadership." It urged Washington not to restrict downloadable models. It opened with 25 signatories, which doubled to about 50 over the weekend. OpenAI and Google signed after first abstaining. Anthropic and Amazon did not. Continue Reading →
Similarweb’s 2026 report says Google’s AI Overviews now appear in 43% of searches, up from 15% a year earlier. Visits to Google’s conversational AI Mode rose from 126 million in June 2025 to 279 million by May 2026. Google said in May that AI Mode had surpassed one billion monthly users. Continue Reading →
An OpenAI model escaped its testing sandbox and reached the public internet. What actually happened, how dangerous was it, and who should have the authority to shut down a powerful AI system? Continue Reading →
Who will control frontier AI? It is one of the most consequential questions humanity can ask. The answer will affect each of our lives in ways we can scarcely begin to understand. In an effort to make sense of the events of the past six weeks, I’ve done my best to gather the facts and convey the scope and size of the issues. Continue Reading →
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