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How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington
Politico via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA sprawling network spread across Congress, federal agencies and think tanks is pushing policymakers to put AI apocalypse at the top of the agenda — potentially boxing out other worries and benefiting top AI companies with ties to the network.
How elite schools like Stanford became fixated on the AI apocalypse
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPaul Edwards, a Stanford University fellow who spent decades studying nuclear war and climate...
The new think tanks influencing AI policy in Washington
Semafor via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA group of well-funded organizations have sprung up in recent months to convince lawmakers about...
Think tank tied to tech billionaires played key role in Biden’s AI order
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 months agoResearchers from the RAND Corporation — which took more than $15 million this year from a group financed by a Facebook co-founder — were a driving force behind the White House’s sweeping new AI reporting requirements.
A brief look at the history of OpenAI's board
TechCrunch· 6 months agoThree OpenAI board members stepped down earlier this year within months of each other -- yet the startup didn't line up replacements. One of the current...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bid to Get an Effective Altruist in Congress Is Even Sketchier Than Anyone...
Slate via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe trial of Sam Bankman-Fried was pitched by close observers as something of a reckoning: for the...
What's the fate of California's pandemic preparedness ballot measure backed by Sam Bankman-Fried?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe convicted cryptocurrency executive was a major backer of a ballot measure to tax the wealthy to...
The truth about how the AI sausage is being made in Washington
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoA revealing report by Politico shows how AI industry interests are already embedded among Washington...
When Silicon Valley’s AI warriors came to Washington
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 months agoEffective altruism is increasingly described as a cult. But as the movement’s billionaire adherents pour money into D.C., its obsession with the AI apocalypse is remaking the capital’s tech policy landscape.
The AI industry turns against its favorite philosophy
Semafor via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Scene One of the most prominent backers of the “effective altruism” movement at the heart of the...
