Axios

Inside the scramble for trusted AI cops

A host of industry players, policy wonks and businesses are grappling with the question of how to regulate AI in a trustworthy manner. The industry's mad dash is the product of an ad hoc regulatory apparatus and a general consensus that swift action from Washington is 

Trump pollster gives GOP a data center survival guide

President Trump's longtime pollster is offering Republican candidates a detailed playbook for neutralizing Democratic attacks over AI data centers—down to what languag

Introducing the DeepMind Institute

The DeepMind Institute seeks to provide a forum for Google, DeepMind, and outside researchers to tackle the biggest questions around artificial general intelligence's impacts on society, according to an announcement shared with Axios. The institute—led by Shane Legg as Managing Editor alongside Google SVP James Manyika and DeepMind Chair Demis Hassabis—aims to make complex academic research accessible to the public and highlight the diversity of perspectives.

An aging Congress attempts to regulate AI without using it

Members of Congress and governors are under increasing pressure to regulate AI, but more than two dozen of them who spo

This obscure philosophy has become Trump's new AI bogeyman

The Trump administration has a new villain in the battle over how fast AI development should move: effective altru

It's not too late

The White House, Congress and the country's leading AI companies have allowed AI to grow faster, stronger, more powerful and wildly lucrative (and dangerous), with no serious effort to control it or spread the benefits beyond the super-wealthy. It's not too late to change this. But if they all dither, duck or dance around it, the chances of AI worst-case scenarios will explode, likely early in 2027, according to people who truly understands AI. Yes, President Trump opposes regulation or bipartisan efforts. Yes, AI companies are obsessed with more money, more speed.

What's next for the AI safety debate

A week of extraordinary warnings about