The investigation
Follow the decisions.
Reports and case studies on the money, institutions and decisions shaping the network.
Eliezer Yudkowsky: How a Warning Acquires Power
An author, a funded institution, a political campaign—and the passage from predicting catastrophe to proposing who may prevent it.
Read the storyControlAI says it was behind the approach to Sabine Hossenfelder
The unnamed sponsorship approach that started this investigation has an identified participant. The editorial dispute is still unresolved.
Read the storyWho gets to operate the switches?
Governments, funders, campaigners and companies exchange different kinds of power. The consequential moment is when someone turns another institution’s input into a decision.
Read the storyWho funds the AI debate?
Large grants, creator programmes and policy campaigns are visible. Their arrangements differ in how much control they give a sponsor.
Read the storyOne donor. Conflicting agendas.
Oak Foundation funds both online-safety advocacy and organisations challenging surveillance. Follow the grants, then follow each recipient’s choices.
Read the storyHow a safety proposal becomes a rule
The UK and Australia offer something stronger than a list of shared contacts: documents showing policy ideas entering official consideration—and changing along the way.
Read the storyWhen a classification reaches your wallet
A risk list, a payment-network rule and a processor’s decision can each contribute to a restriction. They are different steps, often controlled by different institutions.
Read the storyA positive audit. Nobody approved.
An AliExpress audit reported readiness for public-data access while recording no approved applications. What does that result actually establish?
Read the storyWho gets paid to build the machinery?
Public procurement connects policy ambitions with consultants, prototypes and evaluation. A budget announcement is only the beginning of that story.
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