AI policy
AI policy and governance
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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