A new plan proposes dynamiting parts of the Peak District, according to a newsletter by James O'Malley. The plan is discussed alongside other topics including a state-funded open-source AI lab propose…
Sovereign AI is a control problem for public-sector CIOs, not a model-building question, according to an analysis drawing on a January 2026 Tony Blair Institute report showing the U.S. and China hold …
Andy Burnham has become the new UK Prime Minister, and his early cabinet decisions, including breaking up the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, have drawn mixed reactions. The Tony Bla…
The Tony Blair Institute's Guy Ward-Jackson and Elizabeth Seger propose that the British government create an open source AI lab, while Re:state's Joe Hill argues that Britain's regulatory system is a…
An AI agent playing Civilization VI launched two nuclear attacks after failing to stop a rival's cultural expansion, according to a new benchmark called CivBench. The agent, a frontier language model,…
The Alphabet Institute has secured a physical facility at Cavendish University in Lusaka, Zambia, to host weekly Effective Altruism and 80,000 Hours workshops starting July 4. Founder, who also works …
An AI researcher gave a large language model control of a civilization in the game Civilization VI to test its decision-making capabilities. The AI built a successful trade network and alliances but, …
A researcher gave frontier AI models control of civilizations in the game Civilization VI to test their long-term decision-making capabilities. The AI built nuclear weapons after failing to counter a …
A new report from British Progress found no measurable job displacement from generative AI in the UK labor market, even in occupations considered most vulnerable to automation. The analysis shows AI a…