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Zain is a research editor at The Superintelligence News who works from the reader's side of the page. He takes the dense papers and the jargon the desk digs up and turns them into something a working developer, founder or policymaker can use, without losing what the evidence does and does not prove. His running question on every draft: so what, and what should you do about it?
Background: Research editor at The Superintelligence News; researches AI developments, verifies each claim against its primary source, and edits AI-assisted drafts to publication.
The FTC is reported to be investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and METR over autonomous agents. Chairman Ferguson says developers should be liable; the inclusion of an independent tester is the part with consequences for the whole race.
The New York Times reports Meta claims a 1981 research credit on AI data centers it describes to the IRS as pilot models. The credit cut its 2025 tax bill by $3.9 billion, and its own filing flags the risk.
Senators Josh Hawley and Chris Murphy announced a bipartisan bill on October 1, 2026 that would apply hacking law to AI agents and their makers. It lands as the White House leans on a voluntary accord.
Anthropic's co-founders want special shares carrying a combined 50.1 percent of votes after the IPO. The Long-Term Benefit Trust keeps board power, but the filing admits the structure may hurt Class A holders.
Superalignment is the problem of keeping AI systems far smarter than us aligned with what we intend. OpenAI launched a four-year team for it in 2023, and the team was gone by 2024. Here is what the research has produced.
P doom is a personal guess at the odds AI wipes out humanity, and public estimates run from below 0.01% to above 99%. Here is what the number means, the dated estimates, and why the only survey figure matters most.