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California Just Passed the First U.S. Frontier AI Law. Here’s What It Does.

SB-53 offers a blueprint for evidence-generating transparency measures that could shape the next few years of frontier AI governance.

· October 16, 2025
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The United States Is Trying to Sink Global Shipping’s Climate Pact
  • Narayan Subramanian
· October 9, 2025
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The “Yes, But” Problem With the Gaza Peace Plan
· October 9, 2025
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Nuclear Recycling Is Not a Panacea
· October 6, 2025
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Is the U.S.-Israel Gaza Peace Plan a Deal or a Distraction?
· October 3, 2025
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The Riyadh Comedy Festival Isn’t Trying to Change Your Opinion of Saudi Arabia
  • Andrew Leber
· October 3, 2025
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