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AI foundations & creators
Follow the named relationships between the main participants in this part of the investigation.
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AI influence & governance
Safety campaigns, proposed restrictions, evaluators and the institutions shaping AI.
Everything in this topic
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AI ownership and board power — proposals
Compare El-Sayed’s proposed public board majority with Sanders’s proposed equity fund and commission.
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Apple, Liberty and a partly private court case
Liberty and Privacy International filed a separate complaint and submitted arguments. The tribunal denied concealment of basic Apple case details while keeping the March hearing private.
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BASI: money, research and lab access
Follow Pliny’s grant, reported contracts and the personnel links into credited frontier-lab testing.
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BT6: people, projects and professional work
The collective’s public roster connects to tools, publications, a bug-bounty program and a vendor challenge.
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California: who qualifies the AI auditors?
California has moved from a proposal to enacted rules for the organizations that assess AI. SB813 gives GovOps responsibility for qualifying independent verifiers, with criteria due by January2028. AB1405 adds a registry and, from…
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ControlAI & political access
Follow the named relationships between the main participants in this part of the investigation.
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ControlAI’s US lobbying operation
Reported spending, professional roles and the UK-US disclosure link show the machinery behind congressional advocacy.
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From safety prototypes to reused evaluation methods
DCMS appointed PA for OSDI assurance. PUBLIC reports prototype testing and later credits OSDI practices in a separate STCF evaluation. A dated expert group supplied advice.
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From technical work to public prohibition
Walk between people, organisations, and a precisely scoped policy demand.
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Gates, Anthropic and public-service AI
Follow the joint programme and its institutional connections.
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How pooled funding reaches media
A named fund manager, a charitable account, a fellowship and a documented film grant.
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Industry & electoral advocacy
Follow the named relationships between the main participants in this part of the investigation.
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METR: funding, access and policy
Follow grants, lab access, people and public-sector work around the evaluator.
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Palantir: contracts and control
Karp's company connects AI suppliers to state operations. Its founders, customers, hosts and courts hold different powers.
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Policy drafting and organized public pressure
Compare a documented route into government guidance with PauseAI’s declared division of labor.
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Sanders: advice, advocacy and proposed authority
A direct ControlAI connection, political allies and a proposed federal AI gate.
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Tallinn: funding routes and decision rights
Follow donor payments into ControlAI, grant allocation and AI-policy organizations.
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Test scores versus real-world results
AI4TRUST reports a final warning system, a textual component, a human-validation dashboard and user evaluation. Each finding belongs to its stated component and test.
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The business behind the petition
Civic Shout sells supporters and traffic, recruits coalition participants and rewards distribution through distinct credit and cash programs. A public filing identifies a political purchaser; a charitable project offers another route…
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The EA fund split and Lightcone Commons
Follow the closing LTFF into Commons and the new Transformative AI Fund.
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The Pro-Human coalition: declaration to assembly
Follow endorsements, the March announcement and the advertised September event.
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The Sabine approach: sponsor, account and campaign
ControlAI identifies itself; the two accounts dispute editorial demands.
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What does a policy bridge actually connect?
An appointment makes SV Angel’s policy-access service concrete.
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Who commissioned the £656,000 evaluation
The released CDDP material identifies Oliver Wyman and a £656,000 ex-VAT price. Payment depends on satisfactory deliverables; a later phase has an intended Treasury approval gate.
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Who could stop an AI launch?
A UK committee proposes statutory oversight and compulsory model access.
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Yudkowsky: writing, audiences and political access
Follow adaptations, book promotion and the documented Sanders briefing.