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transformer substack subscribe sign in home policy industry capabilities risks society opinion weekly briefing campaign finance tracker about the executive order debacle is bad news for ai transformer weekly trump s ai executive order spacex s ipo filing and lehane s super pac thoughts may 22 shakeel hashim veronica irwin and celia ford 17 1 3 the new rules for killing a data center a retired tech exec beat microsoft in his wisconsin village now he s teaching the rest of america how to do the same may 21 17 1 1 what i learned roleplaying as a rogue ai at a conference about ai control discussions and games explored ways to control untrustworthy ai may 18 celia ford 22 1 2 is openai changing its tune on ai laws transformer weekly us china talks ai executive order and anthropic s 900b valuation may 15 shakeel hashim and celia ford 10 1 3 an oregon congresswoman distanced herself from leading the future then backtracked after the ai super pac endorsed her and two other democrats rep val hoyle went back and forth on whether she was happy with their support may 13 veronica irwin 12 1 1 the power and politics of transformative ai subscribe policy view all is openai changing its tune on ai laws transformer weekly us china talks ai executive order and anthropic s 900b valuation may 15 shakeel hashim and celia ford 10 1 3 an oregon congresswoman distanced herself from leading the future then backtracked after the ai super pac endorsed her and two other democrats rep val hoyle went back and forth on whether she was happy with their support may 13 veronica irwin 12 1 1 how silicon valley sold washington an ai race who and what agendas does rivalry serve may 8 yi ling liu 50 6 10 government control of ai has begun transformer weekly cruz s latest messaging bill google employee outrage and elon goes to court may 1 shakeel hashim veronica irwin and celia ford 20 2 2 industry view all palantir s controversy is the product palantir s fiery rhetoric helps mystify its mostly mundane tech propping up its share price and preserving its national security contracts may 6 james ball 25 3 5 google s pentagon deal blindsided its own ai researchers some employees are speaking out over the agreement allowing all lawful use of google s ai technologies apr 30 celia ford 19 1 1 the many contradictions of jensen huang transformer weekly debate after altman attacks lots more money for ai pacs and aisi s role in uk ai investment apr 17 shakeel hashim celia ford and veronica irwin 15 2 how the iran war might affect the ai industry semiconductor shortages and reduced ai investment are more possible by the day apr 2 shakeel hashim 8 2 capabilities risks view all gpt 5 5 and the broken state of government evals transformer weekly deepseek v4 a new caisi director and liccardo holds out on obernolte apr 24 shakeel hashim celia ford and veronica irwin 12 claude mythos knows when it s breaking the rules and tries to hide it anthropic s new model is its best aligned yet but when it does misbehave things get weird apr 8 celia ford 72 20 17 can we ever trust ai to watch over itself who the fuck knows how to align superhuman ai apr 1 celia ford 22 1 no alignment isn t solved progress on ensuring models are in step with humans has calmed nerves but some of the biggest problems are far from solved and many more lie just over mar 18 lynette bye 22 2 2 society view all the new rules for killing a data center a retired tech exec beat microsoft in his wisconsin village now he s teaching the rest of america how to do the same may 21 17 1 1 the ai safety movement needs normies a broader base may be the only way for the ai safety field to get what it wants apr 27 celia ford 55 27 24 the key detail everyone s getting wrong about ai and the economy opinion konrad körding and ioana marinescu from the university of pennsylvania argue artificial intelligence will likely have a limited impact on jobs mar 25 13 5 2 scream if you want to move slower a nascent ai protest coalition comes together in london a diversity of motivations present both a challenge and an opportunity for those protesting ai mar 9 alys key 30 9 7 opinion view all less liability could solve the ai chatbot suicide problem opinion jess miers and ray yeh argue holding ai companies liable for how they deal with mental health could backfire escalating distress shutting apr 16 16 4 1 the key detail everyone s getting wrong about ai and the economy opinion konrad körding and ioana marinescu from the university of pennsylvania argue artificial intelligence will likely have a limited impact on jobs mar 25 13 5 2 why we need a moratorium on superintelligence research opinion as the ai community gathers in india lord hunt of kings heath argues that the uk must spearhead a pause on the development of the world s most feb 17 19 3 2 a false choice risks undermining action on autonomous weapons opinion alexander blanchard of the stockholm international peace research institute argues that nations must embrace nuance if they re to effectively jan 27 7 1 weekly briefing view all the executive order debacle is bad news for ai transformer weekly trump s ai executive order spacex s ipo filing and lehane s super pac thoughts may 22 shakeel hashim veronica irwin and celia ford 17 1 3 is openai changing its tune on ai laws transformer weekly us china talks ai executive order and anthropic s 900b valuation may 15 shakeel hashim and celia ford 10 1 3 government control of ai has begun transformer weekly cruz s latest messaging bill google employee outrage and elon goes to court may 1 shakeel hashim veronica irwin and celia ford 20 2 2 gpt 5 5 and the broken state of government evals transformer weekly deepseek v4 a new caisi director and liccardo holds out on obernolte apr 24 shakeel hashim celia ford and veronica irwin 12 2026 transformer privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn 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