What Export Controls on Anthropic’s Most Advanced Models Mean for Europe

US restrictions on frontier AI would have come eventually, but few expected sudden export controls. They could be Europe's wake-up call on AI sovereignty.

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Jun 19, 2026
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What Export Controls on Anthropic’s Most Advanced Models Mean for Europe

US restrictions on frontier AI would have come eventually, but few expected sudden export controls. They could be Europe's wake-up call on AI sovereignty.

Jun 19, 2026

A Roadmap for the Upcoming Labor Transition

AI’s economic impacts will unfold through several waves, with different policy approaches relevant to each phase.

AI Will Not Start a Nuclear War, but Humans Might

Researchers and policymakers are fixated on the fear of AI launching nuclear weapons—to the neglect of more realistic threats.

Jun 9, 2026

Opt-In Surveillance Is Approaching

AIs with access to all our data will soon be able to vouch for us to others. As people come to trust AI judgments of character, not sharing one will look suspicious.

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Chinese Audiences Are Reading Western AI Safety Discourse

Western AI safety treatises are surprisingly well-received in Chinese tech media. What does this mean for international AI policy?

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The Quadrillion-Dollar Disagreement on AI and the Economy

AI forecasts span a range of potential futures, from economic stagnation to explosive growth. The divergence traces to three specific assumptions—each generating predictions we can already test.

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Catalytic Regulation: Incentivizing Safety During a Regulatory Drought

Governments should set positive incentives for AI safety. Here are four approaches.

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The Right Way to Sell Chips to China

Current export rules focus on keeping chips a generation behind. They should focus on keeping America's total compute ahead.

The Robot in Your Living Room Has No Rulebook

Embodied AI is arriving faster than the regulations meant to govern it. If we start now, that’s a problem we can still fix.

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