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Geopolitics

Geopolitics affects hiring patterns, visa sponsorship, and remote work access in tech. Research on location bias, international relocation, and employment law.

Wide-angle photorealistic photograph inside a vast, dim data center corridor lined with towering server… Ai Policy 6 min read
Ai Policy

The Sixth Lesson of European AI Policy: You Can Regulate a Thing You Cannot Build

Start with a number that should have ended the debate: as of writing, Europe hosts somewhere around 3 to 5 percent of the world's installed frontier AI compute.

R Robert Halstead
A wide-angle photograph of a U.S. Senate committee hearing room, shot from the back… Ai Governance 10 min read
Ai Governance

Who Writes AI Policy and Regulation — the Safety Labs or the Security State? A Look at the Question Nobody Answers Cleanly

In 2023 a frontier-AI executive sat in front of a Senate committee and asked, in effect, to be regulated. Not in the cornered way a tobacco lawyer concedes ground, but warmly, as a partner.

N Nathan Briggs
A wide, atmospheric photojournalistic shot of an empty international summit conference room moments after… Geopolitics 5 min read
Geopolitics

Lesson Six: How to Read a G7 Summit When Everyone Tells You It Settled Nothing

When the cameras cleared after this year's G7 summit, three things were true at once, and all three contradicted each other.

C Charlotte Kinsley