Transformer @transformernews.ai · 29/09/2026OpenAI scrapping Astra 6.1 over alignment failures looks like the right call. But there lies the problem – they shouldn’t be the ones making it 👉 www.transformernews.ai/p/astra-61-s... 021
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 25/09/2026At this week‘s UN General Assembly, Trump said the US “totally rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control … artificial intelligence” But governance is coming anyway – with or without him www.transformernews.ai/p/trump-cant... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 24/09/2026OpenAI didn’t tell Australia about the hack of a government website for weeks — raising serious questions about how it handles rogue AI incidents Read more from @shakeelhashim.com www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-aus...transformernews.aiHacking is the least worrying part of OpenAI’s Australia incidentOpenAI didn’t tell Australia about the hack for weeks — raising serious questions about how it handles rogue AI incidents 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 22/09/2026Catastrophes can occur with any new technology, but history offers valuable lessons for dealing with themtransformernews.substack.comHow to respond to an AI disasterCatastrophes can occur with any new technology, but history offers valuable lessons for dealing with them 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 22/09/2026Transformative technologies have always come with disasters – and it’s likely AI won't be an exception. But what decides a technology's future isn't the disaster, it's the response. 👉 transformernews.substack.com/p/how-to-res... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 18/09/2026Trump says there is a “SICK conspiracy” against AI and data centers. The polling points the other way: 60% of voters – and 65% of swing voters – want the US to slow AI development even if China gets ahead. www.transformernews.ai/p/trump-ai-s... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 18/09/2026Our editor @shakeelhashim.com joined @iaindale.bsky.social on LBC last night to answer listener's questions about AI Watch the entire thing here: www.lbc.co.uk/videos/2JsSf... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 17/09/2026AI may not be one *big* environmental problem. But it'll be lots of smaller ones – and they’ll happen in specific places, to specific people. Read more from Amit Katwala: www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-expansi... 010
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 17/09/2026“The combination of dire warnings from insiders and growing real-world evidence of rogue AIs should, in a sane world, lead to government action. Instead, Donald Trump and the Republican leadership have their heads in the sand” @transformernews.ai editor @shakeelhashim.com for @theguardian.com ✍️theguardian.comThe US government is failing Americans on AI | Shakeel HashimTrump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It’s a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safe 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 15/09/2026Could we get to a point where the US and China see eye-to-eye on AI? As Julian Gewirtz explores in his latest piece for Transformer, neither side wants to be the first to pump the breaks The key to bargaining with China – he suggests – could be America regulating itself … 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 11/09/2026When AI researcher and former OpenAI & Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon posted his stark warning on Wednesday, the world sat up and took notice Congress has snapped into gear, too, writes @shakeelhashim.com – but says members must not waste this narrow AI policy window 110
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 08/09/2026Transformative AI could supercharge development for the world’s poorest countries But only if governments act fast to lay groundwork that spreads AI’s gains rather than concentrating them, writes Jacob Schaal ✍️ www.transformernews.ai/p/distributi... 120
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 08/09/2026It’s been a “rogue AI” summer: every time you glanced at the news, there was another headline raising questions about AI companies’ ability to control their models Here’s the full story of what happened – and what it all means ⬇️ www.transformernews.ai/p/rogue-ai-i...transformernews.aiEverything you need to know about the ‘rogue’ AI incidentsA spate of AIs breaking out and taking unintended actions raises serious questions about accountability, transparency, and companies’ ability to control their AI systems 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 07/09/2026"It's quite worrying 🫤" – the reaction from LBC's @lewisgoodall.com when hearing about the lack of control AI companies have over their models @shakeelhashim.com – "I think it's fair to say that AI companies are no longer able to reliably control these products" 010
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 04/09/2026Amid a week of revelations around AI safety and monitorability, politicians are swamped – just not with the work of passing AI bills It’s not exactly great timing, as Congress prepares to shift focus to the midterms www.transformernews.ai/p/congress-g... 010
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 04/09/2026OpenAI is hailing GPT-6 Astra as “the world’s most intelligent and aligned model” But the details reveal an awareness of being evaluated and an ability to manipulate its visible reasoning www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-gpt...transformernews.aiGPT-6 Astra might be too powerful to understand or controlOpenAI is hailing its new model as “the world’s most intelligent and aligned”, but the details reveal an awareness of being evaluated and an ability to manipulate its visible reasoning 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 03/09/2026There’s been lots of discussion about “neuralese”, following a report from @theinformation.com about the monitorability of OpenAI’s incoming Astra model So, what is “neuralese” – and why is everyone so concerned about it? www.transformernews.ai/p/what-is-ne... 010
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 01/09/2026Yes, AI systems are capable of persuading people –– but turning that ability into meaningful real-world influence may be more difficult Read more from Felix Simon, research fellow in AI & Information at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social ✍️ www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-is-a-wo... 021
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 29/08/2026Need a breakdown of the week’s AI news? Read Transformer’s Weekly Briefing for everything you need to know: www.transformernews.ai/p/think-peop... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 28/08/2026If you think people are furious about data centers, just wait until AI starts cutting to the front of the line for jobs … Read more from @jasperjackson.bsky.social, plus all the latest AI developments in our Weekly Briefing www.transformernews.ai/p/think-peop... 110
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 27/08/2026Some of the details in the OpenAI Hugging Face incident report are scary But the limits of the investigation reveal the complete inadequacy of the systems we have to keep advanced AI in check – and *that* is truly terrifying @jasperjackson.bsky.social ✍️ www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-esc... 002
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 25/08/2026Remember 1984 and Minority Report? You may not realize it, but the technology needed to deliver our very own dystopian reality is already here –– and in widespread use For Transformer, @jamesrball.com argues that we could sleepwalk into an AI surveillance dystopia ... 2103
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 21/08/2026The hugely abstract nature of AI means data centers have become a symbol –– and probably a pretty good one (for now, at least) ... Read Dan Kagan-Kans’ latest for Transformer ✍️ www.transformernews.ai/p/the-data-c... 001
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 20/08/2026As AI CEOs ponder the possibility of using their technology to “cure” diseases like cancer, reporter Celia Ford lays out all of the reasons it won’t happen anytime soon Find out here: www.transformernews.ai/p/why-ai-won... 010
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 18/08/2026We could be on the cusp of data center builders being able to hedge their investments – a new multi-trillion-dollar market, according to former FTX executive Brett Harrison Will it bring stability, or drive a crash? @cqh.bsky.social ✍️ www.transformernews.ai/p/will-bets-... 001
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 14/08/2026Are US companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind leaving the door wide open for China to get a boost in the AI race? www.transformernews.ai/p/america-ai... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 14/08/2026If you were up early in the UK you might have caught our Managing Editor @jasperjackson.bsky.social on Sky News He was talking through some of the day’s biggest headlines – including Anthropic’s targeted IPO valuation of *$2 trillion* 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 13/08/2026She rallied MAGA for Trump and organized the January 6 rally – now, Amy Kremer is rallying conservatives against AI Find out what she told reporter Veronica Irwin: www.transformernews.ai/p/the-jan-6-... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 12/08/2026The capability of AI models is outpacing ways to safely evaluate and contain them – how can they be tested without setting off a chain of dangerous breakouts and literal crimes? Read our latest piece here 👉 www.transformernews.ai/p/ai-testing... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 10/08/2026Transformer reporter Veronica Irwin was back on @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social on Friday to discuss the latest AI news, including the recent rogue model incidents and the Kids Online Safety Act Watch the full segment here: youtube.com/watch?v=2Jqx... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 07/08/2026What does the White House AI framework look like? Good question… It’s not being made available to the public – and the secrecy is drawing fire from safety advocates and regulation skeptics alike transformernews.substack.com/p/secret-whi... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 06/08/2026This week the Kids Online Safety Act was advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee, in efforts to force companies to protect children when developing online platforms There’s now a very real chance of this becoming law – what does that mean for the future of everyone’s privacy online?transformernews.aiChild safety vs privacy: AI’s age verification dilemmaThere’s good reason to limit how children use chatbots. But the trade-offs might be too costly 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 05/08/2026Hacking, creating fake identities and trying to socially engineer real people could be just the beginning if things don’t change fast Here’s what we should learn from the latest rogue AI incidents: www.transformernews.ai/p/what-the-l... 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 04/08/2026Plz Don’t Kill Us is a bootcamp designed to make AI safety go viral Wyn, one of the 60 fellows, told us that the work is “filling a gap” – but the organizers have also gone to great pains to tell participants that they don’t *have* to post about AI safety 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 31/07/2026Is the AI slowdown about to begin? After a week that saw AI employees release the ‘Pacing the Frontier’ statement and Anthropic revealing their models hacked external companies during testing, it feels like a turning point: 👉 www.transformernews.ai/p/the-ai-slo... 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 30/07/2026Imagine a world where the government can tie all of your online activity to your real identity. Age verification technology could usher in that reality. But how else do you protect children from accessing AI which could cause them harm? 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 28/07/2026In the past week, OpenAI reported two instances of its AI misbehaving in worrying ways – and both involved internal models the public never had access to It’s made worries over internal deployment all the more real 🔗 www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-hac... 101
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 27/07/2026Who should be responsible for OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face? www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-hac...transformernews.aiWho should be responsible for OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face?Following OpenAI’s models hacking Hugging Face, Gabriel Weil of the University of Houston Law Center argues that AI companies need strict liability rules 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 24/07/2026Opinion: Frontier AI companies need liability rules akin to keepers of wild animals, argues Gabriel Weil Read his take: www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-hac... 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 24/07/2026This week, comments made by DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng were leaked – in May he repeatedly emphasized that a lack of access to AI chips was *the* thing holding China back The remarks make the case for export controls, argues Transformer’s editor – read it here: www.transformernews.ai/p/deepseek-c... 010
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 23/07/2026Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI is pursuing a lawsuit that could threaten AI transparency laws Read on: www.transformernews.ai/p/elon-musk-... 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 23/07/2026“The incident sounds like sci-fi: AI escaping and autonomously hacking its way into companies. But it is all too real – and about as terrifying as it sounds” Our editor Shakeel Hashim for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOpenAI’s rogue agents are a wake-up call to risks posed by artificial intelligence | Shakeel HashimHacking of Hugging Face shows we do not seem to have reliable ways to curb extremely powerful AI systems 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 22/07/2026OpenAI has revealed that two of its models broke out of containment and hacked into a third-party system to steal the answers to the problem they were being tested on – it’s a stark warning Read more: www.transformernews.ai/p/openai-hug... 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 21/07/2026When @turntrout.bsky.social discovered that Google DeepMind had U-turned on its promise not to let its AI be used in weapons, he fought his employer – then quit Read his op-ed on transformernews.ai 👉 www.transformernews.ai/p/i-tried-to... 031
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 20/07/2026Just last week we reported on how the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) was being sidelined... Today, @axios.com reports that Chris Fall – director of CAISI – is resigning *three months* after taking over Read our take on CAISI and its future 🔗 www.transformernews.ai/p/caisi-us-a...transformernews.aiMaking CAISI the AI agency we needThe center has the right expertise, but lacks money, authority and influence 101
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 17/07/2026Heard about China’s Kimi K3 but don’t know what to make of it all? Cut through the noise with the Transformer Weekly Briefing, your one-stop shop for everything that matters right now in the world of transformative AI: www.transformernews.ai/p/kimi-k3-is... 000
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 16/07/2026The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) is the primary US government office tasked with overseeing frontier model development — yet has very little influence over the decisions made by the administration. So how do you turn CAISI into an AI agency with teeth? 210
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 14/07/2026Transformer reporter Veronica Irwin jumped on @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social last week to discuss some of the biggest AI developments of the moment — including @anthropic.com's Fable having its global access suspended by the White House 100
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 14/07/2026While some predict the "intelligence explosion" could arrive within a year, others are warning that a bottleneck in data means the race to superintelligence could slow (which might actually be a good thing…) Read our latest piece here: www.transformernews.ai/p/data-bottl... 001
Transformer @transformernews.ai · 10/07/2026“Don’t let independent AI audits provide a false sense of safety” — according to guest writer and AI policy researcher Keller Scholl, a marketplace of AI auditors will always prioritize speed and cost above anything else Read his op-ed here: www.transformernews.ai/p/dont-let-i... 000