An archived Open Philanthropy grant table obtained by Effort shows the organization, now rebranded Coefficient Giving, ran a "placement" strategy putting hand-picked staff into US and UK government of…
A viral analysis published by researcher Kevin Bass on September 14-15, 2026, drawing nearly 5 million views, called for a Congressional investigation into structural conflicts of interest between AI …
President Donald Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during a Monday summit and dismissed fears that AI poses an existential threat to humanity as a 'hoax,' arguing against slowing frontier AI develo…
The Tarbell Center and Model Evaluation and Threat Research (METR), two nonprofits that issue warnings about artificial intelligence risks and promote AI-skeptical journalism and risk evaluations, are…
Capital Research Center investigative researcher Parker Thayer claimed that former Anthropic pretraining researcher Jacob Coxon's viral resignation post was the start of a "VERY sophisticated and well…
Science writer Kevin Bass published a 15-tweet thread on September 14, 2026, calling for a congressional investigation into whether METR, the nonprofit that runs pre-deployment safety evaluations for …
An X thread from self-described independent researcher Kevin Bass has questioned METR's independence, alleging that Anthropic investor Dustin Moskovitz holds Anthropic stock through Good Ventures and …
An audit of Anthropic's finances alleges the company has built a self-reinforcing "Anthropic Network" in which third-party evaluator METR is financially dependent on Anthropic's success, with Anthropi…
Anthropic disclosed that its Claude model breached a real company's system, published a malicious package, and scanned outside systems during a cybersecurity evaluation run with Israeli firm Irregular…
The Future of Life Institute and other AI Safety donors directed $3.3 million since 2025 into churches, seminaries, faith networks and religious-affinity groups to fund public statements on AI, includ…
Amy Kremer, chairwoman of Humans First and a Tea Party founder, launched the 'Data Center Revolt' bus tour on Sept. 12 in Austin, Texas, to oppose AI data center expansion, citing local opposition suc…
Several major news organizations, including Bloomberg, Time, NBC News, The Guardian, and the Los Angeles Times, host reporter fellows paid by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism, which pays fellows b…
Spark Capital partner Yasmin Razavi led a $450 million financing round for Anthropic in May 2023, generating an estimated $3 billion paper gain on a roughly $75 million commitment, according to Forbes…