AI Safety & Policy.

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Cory Doctorow's "The Reverse Centaur" Is the AI Book the Industry Doesn't Want You to Read

Cory Doctorow's latest book skips the AI hype and goes straight for the hidden costs—dissecting how "automated" systems are quietly powered by invisible, exploited human labor.

Dispatch desk · Jun 22, 2026

AI Safety & Policy

The White House Wants Anthropic to Fix Jailbreaking. Here's Why That's Basically Impossible.

The Trump administration is demanding Anthropic solve AI jailbreaking before Fable 5 comes back online. Independent security experts say what the White House wants is technically impossible—and the policy implications are messy.

Dispatch desk · Jun 18, 2026

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Cory Doctorow's "The Reverse Centaur" Is the AI Book the Industry Doesn't Want You to Read

The White House Wants Anthropic to Fix Jailbreaking. Here's Why That's Basically Impossible.

Anthropic Got Kneecapped by Export Rules Nobody Bothered to Explain

Washington Yanks the Plug on Anthropic's Fable 5: What Sudden AI Export Bans Actually Mean for the Rest of the World

Slapping "AI" on Your Brand Is Backfiring — And the Numbers Prove It

Big Tech's Hail Mary: The Lobbying Blitz to Kneecap State AI Laws Before They Stick

Your AI Agents Are Running Wild on Your Network — NewCore Just Raised $66M to Fix That

China's AI Arms Race: Why the Pentagon Should Be Paying Attention (And Probably Is)

AI's Bioweapon Problem: Why Tech CEOs Are Finally Asking Congress for a Leash

Andy Jassy Reportedly Pulled the Pin on Anthropic's Most Powerful Models

Anthropic's Model Suspension Is India's AI Wake-Up Call—But Will Anyone Actually Wake Up?

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