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Politico: Why AI vetting is freaking people out
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Politico: Why AI vetting is freaking people out

“You also want to be continuing to iterate and modify and monitor after that release,” said Encode General Counsel Nathan Calvin.
Fortune: Sam Altman says AI superintelligence is so big that we need a ‘New Deal’
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Fortune: Sam Altman says AI superintelligence is so big that we need a ‘New Deal’

“I hope this document signals a move toward more constructive engagement, instead of attacking politicians pushing the very policies OpenAI is now endorsing,” said Calvin,
Harvard Berkman Klein Center: AI Policy at the Frontier, A Conversation with Nathan Calvin (Encode) and Fin Moorhouse (Forethought)
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Harvard Berkman Klein Center: AI Policy at the Frontier, A Conversation with Nathan Calvin (Encode) and Fin Moorhouse (Forethought)

What does it take to govern a technology that might reshape the world within the decade? Answering that requires both big-picture thinking about where AI is heading and close engagement with the policy fights shaping it in the present. This event brings together two speakers who sit on opposite ends of that spectrum — one […]
Voters Warn Trahan: Don’t Let Big Tech Wipe Out AI Safeguards
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Voters Warn Trahan: Don’t Let Big Tech Wipe Out AI Safeguards

“There is overwhelming support for stronger guardrails around the development and use of AI,” said Adam Billen, Co-Executive Director, Encode AI. “Massachusetts has been a national leader in addressing AI-related risks. Freezing those efforts now would roll back the hard-won protections Massachusetts lawmakers have established and leave the state’s children, families, and workers more vulnerable to harm from AI now and into the future. We urge Rep. Trahan to put the safety of her constituents ahead of corporate interests and oppose this preemption legislation.”
NBC 5 Chicago: New Illinois law aims to prevent AI catastrophes before they happen
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NBC 5 Chicago: New Illinois law aims to prevent AI catastrophes before they happen

Sunny Gandhi, the co-executive director of Encode AI, called the law “the strongest AI safety law in the country.”
MTS: Why is the question no longer whether government regulates AI but how?
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MTS: Why is the question no longer whether government regulates AI but how?

MTS asked Nathan Calvin, General Counsel at Encode AI.
80,000 Hours Podcast: Sneha Revanur on how a small team helped pass America’s AI safety laws
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80,000 Hours Podcast: Sneha Revanur on how a small team helped pass America’s AI safety laws

Revanur founded Encode back when AI felt like a niche issue. Now the world’s caught up with her, and she’s ready to share everything she’s learned.
TIME: Musk’s Failed OpenAI Lawsuit Underscores xAI’s Struggles
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TIME: Musk’s Failed OpenAI Lawsuit Underscores xAI’s Struggles

The fact that xAI is renting out its computing resources to another AI company is a sign that there is insufficient demand to use its models, and that they “don’t know exactly what to do with those data centers,” says Nathan Calvin, general counsel at Encode AI, an AI advocacy group. “That’s clearly not good [for xAI].”

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