Candice’s Current Thinking
Weekly analysis and perspectives on the AI and policy landscape.
THIS WEEK IN AI
AI capabilities are accelerating toward—and potentially past—human-level intelligence faster than most expected. But as tech outpaces policy, we are facing a fundamental governance gap. We haven't resolved basic questions around guardrails, accountability, and control, even as we've already deployed "human-on-the-loop" AI systems into the wild. These questions are becoming urgent as global strategic alliances fracture and nuclear arms control frameworks expire.
This week, I’m tracking a standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic over how it can use Claude, a Waymo accident involving a pedestrian, and the impending expiration of New START this Thursday—all set against the backdrop of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s new 38-page essay, "The Adolescence of Technology," which maps a "battle plan" for surviving the risks of powerful AI.
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THIS WEEK IN AI
Each week, I synthesize the key developments in AI and public policy so you don’t have to. Here’s what I’m watching:
The Pentagon launches an “AI-first” acceleration strategy
DHS invests in drone defense as the military tests kinetic swarms
AI memory demands drive up consumer device costs
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