Ai policy

The AI Layoff Trap - Game Theory Says Everyone Loses

The AI Layoff Trap - Game Theory Says Everyone Loses

A UPenn-BU paper models AI-driven layoffs as a Prisoner's Dilemma: each firm wins by automating, but when everyone does it, collapsing demand makes every firm worse off. Their proposed fix is a Pigouvian tax on automated tasks.

The Priest Who Helped Write Claude's Conscience

The Priest Who Helped Write Claude's Conscience

Father Brendan McGuire, a 60-year-old Silicon Valley priest and former tech executive, helped Anthropic rewrite the Claude Constitution after the company asked the Vatican for help because AI was moving too fast.

US States Race to Regulate AI as Congress Sits Idle

US States Race to Regulate AI as Congress Sits Idle

Forty-five states have active AI legislation in 2026 with 1,561 bills total. Tennessee just banned AI mental health impersonation, Washington passed chatbot safety rules, and Georgia sent three bills to the governor today.

California AI Order Defies Trump on Privacy and Safety

California AI Order Defies Trump on Privacy and Safety

Governor Newsom signed EO N-5-26 on March 30, requiring AI vendors seeking California state contracts to certify safeguards on privacy, bias, and civil liberties - directly countering the Trump administration's push to strip state AI authority.

Federal Judge Halts Pentagon's Anthropic Blacklist

Federal Judge Halts Pentagon's Anthropic Blacklist

A federal judge blocked the Pentagon's Anthropic blacklist on March 26, ruling the government engaged in First Amendment retaliation by punishing the company for refusing to drop AI safety guardrails.