AI policy
AI policy and governance
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Beijing Writes Its Own Rules for Exporting AI Models, Using Washington’s Threshold
Beijing’s draft adds 40 technologies, 23 in AI, with a 10^26 FLOP line borrowed from Washington. What it bans, what it licenses, and what it leaves open. Continue reading
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Three Rivals Agreed to Slow AI Down in a Single Morning. What Did They Actually Agree To?
Amodei, Altman and Musk endorsed pacing AI within hours. Only one concrete commitment exists. What the essay proposes, who agreed, and what four camps of skeptics say. Continue reading
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China’s Open-Weight Lead Exposes America’s Real AI Gap: Substrate, Not Capability
Qwen has nearly doubled Llama in cumulative downloads and takes 69 percent of new fine-tunes worldwide. Continue reading
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The Open-Weights Debate Just Got Its Second Side
Dario Amodei’s July 27 rebuttal to the Microsoft- and Nvidia-hosted open-weights letter, alongside a 77-company coalition and a separate 37+ member alliance… Continue reading
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What Is AI Distillation, and Why Did a 2015 Machine Learning Technique Become a National Security Fight in One Week?
Distillation is a standard, decade-old training method. In July 2026 it drew White House accusations, Treasury sanctions threats, and an open letter from two dozen tech firms. A neutral analysis separating what has been documented from what has only been asserted — including the timeline objection that researchers say undercuts the central claim. Continue reading
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Open Weights and the Open-Closed Choice: What the July 24 Microsoft and Nvidia Coalition Letter Argues, and What the Data Shows
Nvidia’s chief executive published his first X post to share a joint industry letter signed by 25 organizations… Continue reading
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EU AI Act Enforcement Begins: $7.5 Billion Fines for Non-Compliant AI Companies
The EU AI Act moves from legislation to enforcement in 2026. High-risk AI compliance begins August 2, 2026. Continue reading