Policy and Impact

Palantir rallied nearly 4% on FAA AI hopes, but ASI holds the $875 million contract. TECHi maps PLTR's $170, $195 and $225 forecast cases.

A 15-year forecast for AI and humanity, covering jobs, science, war, power and loss-of-control risk through the views of global AI leaders.

Claude now leads 26% of Anthropic’s AI R&D and 30,000 agents run concurrently. TECHi examines whether recursive AI has begun and if oversight is keeping pace.

Amazon has blocked Meta’s Muse AI agent from shopping on its store, opening a fight over merchant permission, user consent and control of AI commerce.

The proposed U.S.-China AI incident channel arrives as Asian chip shares rally, but export controls remain the decisive issue for TSMC investors.

Jensen Huang rejects AI-extinction forecasts but backs safety engineering. Nvidia’s stake in faster deployment makes the policy argument more complicated.

Trump says a proposed D.C. arch would house drones, snipers and ammunition. The operating plan, agency and safety controls remain undisclosed.

Amazon Prime settlement refunds now reach up to $200. See who qualifies, when automatic payments begin and how to avoid refund scams.

Trump says he is forming an AI Force and will name an AI czar. His announcement leaves its budget, inspection powers and role in AI safety undefined.

Official CPI-W data lock in 3.3% for the 2027 COLA with one month left. September gas prices, up 4.4% on August, now tilt the raise toward 3.6%, not 3.5%.

Trump called AI risk a 'hoax' on Jensen Huang's speakerphone. Same day: Microsoft's AI code of conduct, a lab standards body and Anthropic's kill-switch call.

Senate GOP released the final Clarity Act text after Trump took most of the Tillis-Gallego ethics deal. Cloture needs 60 votes Tuesday; Bernstein: a pass isn't priced in.

Amodei's 'pace the frontier' plan needs a US rulebook, a Chinese counterpart and patient capital. Within a day, Trump, Global Times and Michael Burry said no.

NHTSA opened its Tesla Cybercab audit on September 4. The review examines self-certification for a vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals.

Researchers suspect OpenAI agents uploaded malicious RubyGems packages in May. OpenAI describes the activity as benign and says it is investigating.

Meta says penalties could reach $1.4 trillion; the states say $200 billion. The jury is only advisory, and one judge can order changes to Instagram.

ByteDance and Tencent each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 chips. US licences permit 75,000 per customer. The gap says more than the approval did.

Anthropic’s August report moved misalignment risk from Very Low to Low, citing greater uncertainty after cyber disclosures.

X is replacing creator revenue sharing with Original Content Rewards, excluding reposts while keeping Premium-user impressions at the center of payouts.

OpenAI says Astra may reach its Critical cyber threshold, but key test results remain private. Here is what the disclosure proves—and what it does not.

The FTC's proposed statement calls secretly steering AI outputs deception under Section 5, even to obey a state law like Colorado's. Comments close July 31.

France's competition authority found OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic hold 84% of the AI-agent market and warned of lock-in. What Opinion 26-A-05 means for you.

The digital omnibus pushed high-risk AI deadlines to 2027-2028 — but GPAI and Article 50 duties still hit August 2, 2026, and the omnibus is not yet law. The map.

EU AI Act enforcement is live. See who is exposed, how complaints work, what Article 50 requires, and why GPAI fines can reach 3% of revenue.