VOLUME 7 · JAN 2026
AI agents meet the verification test
How to build with agents, check their outputs, and keep people involved in consequential decisions.
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VOLUME 6 · DEC 2025
From impressive demos to dependable systems
The move toward production AI: monitoring, guardrails, and the infrastructure behind reliable tools.
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VOLUME 5 · NOV 2025
Can technical safeguards keep up?
A close reading of AI safety work, with a focus on evaluation, safeguards, and practical risk management.
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VOLUME 4 · OCT 2025
Measuring capability. Understanding risk.
What the International AI Safety Report’s first key update means for capability measurement and policy.
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Coding breakthroughs and the compute race
Competition-level problem solving, expanding AI infrastructure, and the questions both raise.
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VOLUME 2 · AUG 2025
AI meets finance, chips, and energy
SPACs, TensorFlow and Keras, semiconductor markets, and the environmental cost of AI.
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AI policy, investment, and a changing workforce
The AI Action Plan, investment in AI, cybersecurity, and the debate over automation and work.
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