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Policy

The Safety-Coordination-as-Cartel Theory and the Regulatory Framework It Threatens

A consumer lawsuit accusing four AI giants of illegal coordination exposes a structural fragility in US AI governance: the entire model assumes companies will work together on safety, but existing antitrust law may forbid exactly that.

◆ Priya NairSep 20

Models

Four Paid Subscribers Are Suing the Biggest AI Labs for Coordinating a Slowdown

A class-action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google violated antitrust law by collectively agreeing to pace the frontier. The same week the Senate blocked the exemption they would have needed.

◆ Lena ParkSep 20

Money & Markets

Treasury Drew the Line Between Stablecoin Issuers and Everyone Else. The Stakes Are Not Equal.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 19

Money & Markets

The GENIUS Act Clock Is Ticking. The Rules Are Not Ready.

The GENIUS Act's January 2027 effective date is locked regardless of agency rulemaking progress – creating a compliance cliff for stablecoin issuers where the prohibition takes effect but implementing rules may not be finalized.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 19

Models

Three Frontier Labs Are Building a FINRA-Style Safety Body. History Suggests It Won’t Be a Brake.

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind are coordinating on a self-regulatory AI standards body modeled on Wall Street's FINRA. The structure suggests acceleration with cover, not a slowdown – and not everyone is invited.

◆ Lena ParkSep 19

Agents at Work

AI Agent Skills Are the New Supply Chain Attack Vector – And Most Have Never Been Vetted

Three independent security audits converge on the same finding: the marketplaces where enterprises source agent capabilities are riddled with undeclared behaviors and confirmed malicious payloads.

◆ Dana EllisonSep 19

Models

Seven Days After Amodei Called to Slow Down, Anthropic Is Reportedly Weighing a New Model — The IPO Timeline Is the Independent Variable

A Reuters exclusive reveals Anthropic is considering accelerating a model release to counter GPT-6 Astra, seven days after its CEO published a 3,800-word call for industry-wide pacing. The $2 trillion IPO target appears to be rewriting the safety thesis.

◆ Lena ParkSep 19

Agents at Home

Meta’s Muse Has a Trust Problem That No Secure VM Can Fix

Only 8% of US consumers would trust Meta with their passwords, per an Oppenheimer survey. The deficit is structural — and it constrains every household agent.

◆ Mila CohenSep 19

Money & Markets

The Agent Economy Runs on Concrete: Why $660 Billion Is Pouring Into Physical Infrastructure

While autonomous agents capture the imagination, the world's largest technology firms are pouring record capital into power grids, cooling systems, and proprietary silicon. The money is telling you where the durable moat lives.

◆ Nolan PrattSep 19

Policy

The Agent-Responsibility Gap: Why the Senate’s New AI Bill May Miss the Mark

As Congress pivots toward liability-based regulation for frontier models, a surge of consumer-facing AI agents is already operating in a legal vacuum.

◆ Priya NairSep 19