Holding the AI industry accountable

As we enter a new era of AI capabilities, OpenAI is facing increased pressure to spin its research in self-serving ways.

Another round of suspiciously coordinated posting suggests a paid campaign to benefit Innovation Council Action, the $100 million advocacy group fighting for AI deregulation.

The potential violation by SpaceXAI, punishable by fines up to $1 million, will serve as an early test of whether California's new AI safety law actually has teeth.

An OpenAI/a16z-affiliated super PAC appears to be linked to multiple sockpuppet accounts, attacking and parodying their opponents with lewd and offensive memes.

The Midas Project, alongside a coalition including Encode, Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, and Guidelight AI Standards, released "xAI: The Unpriced Risk in SpaceX's IPO."

The firm at the center of OpenAI and a16z’s political operation seems to be spamming social media with pornographic bots, inflating engagement on their clients’ accounts.

Anthropic and its peers don’t seem to be taking California’s data transparency law seriously.

An interview request from a bot posing as a reporter revealed an AI-generated news site with articles attacking AI industry critics. For the second time this month, we found links to Targeted Victory, the firm at the center of OpenAI's $125 million political operation.

An anonymous account spent months attacking OpenAI’s critics with misleading claims and paid ads. We found links to Targeted Victory, the firm at the center of OpenAI's $125 million political operation.

The companies building the most powerful AI systems aren't following their own rules — and no one is making them.

A 24-hour Pentagon deal tested a key safeguard OpenAI promised would survive its pivot to for-profit.

xAI’s acceptance of a controversial deal with the Pentagon marks a significant first step towards AI-powered lethal autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance.