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Which human?
The question AI safety forgot to ask.
Mar 23 • Alan Robertson
Palantir does not need to own it to own it.In 2017 a city cancelled a contract.
What happened next has not been applied to a £670 million question.
Mar 17 • Alan Robertson
A book. But actually this time.
A Free Collaborative book - your questions - Because time is precious
Mar 15 • Alan Robertson
LinkedIn Is Not Your Inbox. But It Should Be.
A cautionary tale
Mar 13 • Alan Robertson
This Book Will Make You an AI Expert
After months of work, it is finally here.
Mar 11 • Alan Robertson
The Wrong Architecture
Yann LeCun has spent years arguing that the entire AI industry is building on a flawed foundation. This week he raised $1.03 billion to prove it.
Mar 10 • Alan Robertson
Anthropic Measured What AI Is Actually Doing to Jobs. Here Is What the Data Says.
The research is real, the methodology is honest, and the gap between what the CEO says and what the economists found is the story nobody is writing.
Mar 9 • Alan Robertson
Removing AI Guardrails to Win. Then the Friendly Fire Started.
Iran just became the largest real-world test of ungoverned AI weapons. The results are already in.
Mar 6 • Alan Robertson
The Benchmark
Lockheed Martin adopted the rules for responsible AI in weapons systems, declared themselves the industry standard, and has never been asked to explain…
Mar 4 • Alan Robertson
The Real AI Arms Race Nobody Is Talking About
Palantir, Anduril and Shield AI are building the weapons. OpenAI and Anthropic are just the headline.
Mar 3 • Alan Robertson
They Want the Inputs Free. They Want the Outputs Free.
How the AI industry built its foundations on your work, fought to keep it, and then let a Supreme Court ruling confirm they own nothing they produce.
Mar 3 • Alan Robertson
The AI Race Has a New Leader. And It Was Decided in One Day.
On Friday 27 February, OpenAI announced a Pentagon deal and closed $110 billion in a single day. The race is over.
Mar 2 • Alan Robertson
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