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Scaling Laws, Founders & Founders: Kal Clark of Zauron Labs
<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>Kal Clark, co-founder of Zauron Labs, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to explain how AI is already reducing diagnostic errors in radiology.<br /></p><p>Kal details how Zauron’s AI system functions as a second-look safety layer, revie
Read SourceAn Optimist’s Account of Artificial Intelligence
A review of Josh Tyrangiel’s “AI for Good: How Real People Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Fix Things that Matter” (Simon & Schuster, 2026).
Read SourceWill the New Export Controls Shake the Foundations of the U.S. AI Industry?
<p>Washington’s misplaced assumptions around export control and domestic regulations pose strategic risks to national stability.</p>
Read SourceLawfare Daily: ‘The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI’—A Conversation with Cory Doctorow
<p>Cory Doctorow discusses his perspective on artificial intelligence. </p>
Read SourceCan Frontier AI Labs Lawfully Agree to Pause?
Anthropic raised the possibility of a coordinated, verified AI development pause. Antitrust law might prevent that.
Read SourceRational Security: The “Happy FrAIday” Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with his <em>Lawfare</em> colleagues Kevin Frazier, Roger Parloff, and Molly Roberts to talk through some of the week’s big news in AI.
Read SourceThe Missing Resistance in China’s AI Debate
As Washington negotiates AI guardrails with Beijing, it must understand why the AI debate in China is so quiet: control, not consent.
Read SourceThe EU Cloud and AI Development Act
Inside the European Union’s latest bid to achieve technological sovereignty.
Read SourceWhite House Releases Executive Orders on Quantum Computing
<p dir="ltr">The orders direct federal agencies to prepare to defend against cryptographic attacks and contribute to U.S. quantum computing innovation.</p>
Read SourceScaling Laws: "The God Test" AI as Cosmic Reckoning, with Robert Wright
<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>Alan Rozenshtein, Research Director at Lawfare, spoke with Robert Wright—author of <em>Nonzero</em>, <em>The Moral Animal</em>, <em>The Evolution of God</em>, and <em>Why Buddhism Is True</em>, and the writer behind the NonZero Newsletter and podcast—about his new book, <em>The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming
Read Source‘Voluntary’ Until the Government Is Your Customer
The new AI executive order disclaims a licensing mandate. Federal procurement can impose one anyway.
Read SourceFirst Amendment Questions for AI Transparency Laws
State regulations mandating AI firms to disclose information may run afoul of the First Amendment. California is an early test case.
Read SourceJustified Posteriors join Scaling Laws: Two economists and two lawyers walk into a podcast studio
<img class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual" src="https://lawfare-assets-new.azureedge.net/assets/images/default-source/article-images/scaling-laws-logo.jpg?sfvrsn=7a7b38eb_3" /><p>In this cross-pod episode, Alan and Kevin join Seth Benzell and Andrey Fradkin of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/justified-posteriors/id1784022930" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Justified Posteriors</a> to explore a big question: what should AI be for?</p><p>The conversation begins with Pope Leo XIV
Read SourceAnthropic Lacks Emotional Intelligence
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on <em>Lawfare</em>.
Read SourceThe Next Counterintelligence Problem Is Artificial
Accuracy isn’t enough—agencies must detect when trusted AI misuses legitimate access. Enter: AI counterintelligence.
Read SourceThe Next Semiconductor
<p>Biomanufacturing data is a critical strategic asset, and the U.S. is failing to use it.</p>
Read SourceScaling Laws: Explain to Shane (Tews) Cross-post
A cross-post conversation about the AI and cyber executive order, workforce disruption, and the future of education.
Read SourceA Kill Switch for Frontier AI
The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.
Read SourceNigeria’s Fragmented Security Crisis
The country’s counterterrorism strategy cannot address the range of root causes driving conflict across different regions.
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