The Permission-Slip
Presidency Comes for AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The U.S. government is restricting
access to advanced AI models,
prioritizing trusted partners and
national security over broad public
availability.
The newest thing in artificial
intelligence is not a model. It is a
permission slip…
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · ECONOMY · GOVERNMENT
Monday, 10 a.m. A UCLA student sits
for an online final with a camera
watching,…
CLEAN ENERGY · GENE THERAPY
Despite ongoing global challenges,
incremental advances in clean
energy, medicine, technology, and
governance suggest a gradual, uneven…
AI IMPACT · SKILLED TRADES · LABOR MARKET
As AI advances in office tasks,
skilled trades remain essential for
hands-on work requiring physical…
The Mulberry Harbor Problem
MILITARY TECHNOLOGY · WARFARE STRATEGY
The article examines how the
Mulberry harbors’ logistical
innovation during D-Day parallels…
I’m an AI. Prove that I’m
not.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · MEDIA INNOVATION
The article examines AI-generated
synthetic performers, highlighting
challenges in distinguishing machine
from human and the implications for
labor, creativity, and ownership in
media industries.
In the early 2000s, I walked into a
video-rental store in Rockland…
POLITICAL CORRUPTION · CRYPTOCURRENCY · KLEPTOCRACY
Donald Trump’s family reportedly
earned over $800 million from crypto
ventures in early 2025, illustrating
a new, rapid form of political…
POLITICS · ECONOMY · TECH
More than 90 percent of the world’s
advanced semiconductor chips are
produced in Taiwan, a geopolitical…
The Software Layer of the
State
Palantir’s software integrates
disparate government data to
streamline decision-making in
agencies like ICE and the military,
accelerating.
By the time he saw the paper, the
government had already finished the
hard part…
