One of the most common concerns I hear whenever AI regulation comes up is that governments are going to overreact. It’s not an unreasonable concern. History contains plenty of examples of regulations that created unintended consequences, slowed innovation, protected incumbents, or failed to keep pace with technological change. Anyone working in technology long enough has encountered policies that made little
Over the last year, I’ve noticed two very different conversations taking place around artificial intelligence. The first is the conversation most people are familiar with. New models are released, benchmark scores improve, businesses experiment with adoption, and headlines focus on capabilities. Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to dramatically increase productivity, eliminate entire categories of jobs, transform
When I first read Anthropic’s response to the US government’s decision to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, my initial reaction was probably the same as most people in the technology industry: what exactly happened here? The public details remain limited. Anthropic claims the government has identified a narrow jailbreak technique and that the demonstrated capabilities are not