Discovery & Dignity

This tweet thread about leaving Anthropic has gone viral. In brief, the poster, Jacob Coxon, left because he saw the extreme recklessness of 1) believing that AI can (or will) destroy humanity and 2) building it anyway.

Bill Gates wrote an essay where he talks about what AI is going to do to the world, and how we’re not doing enough to prepare for it.

We’ve got to stop calling AI companies “labs.” They’re companies wearing “lab” as sheep’s clothing.

There’s a story about The Beatles’ Yesterday that I love. From Wikipedia (condensed):

Nan Ransohoff argues that we’re at the dawn of the third wave of American philanthropy.

Gary Shteyngart, in conversation with Ezra Klein:

Innovation demands integrity.

Anthropic is reportedly in a dispute with the Department of Defense and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the use of its models.

Last week, the Trump Administration issued an executive order launching the “Genesis Mission.” In brief, it kicks off a national effort led by the Department of Energy to coordinate AI-driven scientific research across fields including advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, critical materials, nuclear fission and…

This week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of senior military leaders to a meeting in Quantico so he could lecture them about setting and meeting higher standards .

Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. canceled $500 million in contracts and grants funding the development of mRNA vaccines . This follows a decision in May to revoke a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop a bird flu vaccine. The Secretary’s rationale—that mRNA…