semafor.comadded August 2026
Semaforby Reed Albergotti25d ago
Reed’s view The “AI is going to kill us all” news cycle revved up, as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk joined Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to invite independent reviewers into AI labs...
Semaforby Reed Albergotti27d ago
Reed’s view When researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic this week and claimed there’s a good chance the company’s work will lead to human extinction, the world reacted with fear and outrage...
Semaforby J.D. Capelouto27d ago
The News Communities and governments should demand AI data center providers report how much energy they are wasting, rather than put blanket bans on the facilities, the CEO of chipmaker Onsemi told...
Semaforby Tareq Alotaiba27d ago
Tareq’s view On Sept. 10, Algiers severed diplomatic relations with the UAE and closed its airspace to Emirati aircraft, surprising few who had watched relations between the two countries...
Semaforby Alexander Onukwue27d ago
The News Nigerian healthcare investors are positioning to take advantage of untapped commercial opportunities in a sector that new research says will generate more than $50 billion in sales by the...
Semaforby Burgess Everett27d ago
The News NCAA President Charlie Baker is feeling “pretty good” about the prospects for Senate passage of bipartisan college sports legislation.
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson27d ago
The Scene The Bayeux Tapestry, which went on display in the British Museum this week, is one of the wonders of the medieval world.
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson27d ago
The Scene “Every senior executive should have to go play high-stakes poker with their own money,” Scott Kirby says, explaining how a lifetime of gambling has informed how he balances risks and...
Semaforby David Weigel27d ago
The News DALLAS – Republicans arrived at their first midterm convention ready to sell their wins for “working class” Americans, including hundreds of billions of dollars for tax cuts, refunds, and...
Semaforby Liz Hoffman28d ago
The Scene Existential AI fears broke containment this week after an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that frontier labs are “gambling with our lives.” One of his colleagues chimed in, putting the...
Semaforby Tim McDonnell28d ago
One lesson from the return of crude oil prices back above $100 per barrel is that US President Donald Trump seems to be hastening the end of the oil age.
Semaforby Ben Smith28d ago
The News A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration.
Semaforby Eleanor Mueller28d ago
The Scoop President Donald Trump’s top cryptocurrency adviser is warning senators that next week could be the last chance Congress gets to accomplish the crypto industry’s top legislative priority...
Semaforby Tom Chivers28d ago
The origin story of Flagship runs through fertilizer. When we were writing our pre-release trial editions in late 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was still relatively recent.
Semaforby Ashley Gold28d ago
The Scoop Congress isn’t back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a resigning Anthropic researcher who said “people building AI earnestly...
Semaforby Burgess Everett28d ago
The News A gun safety group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., is launching a $10 million ad blitz against Republicans in three crucial races, with plans to expand the campaign in the...
Semaforby Shelby Talcott28d ago
An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure...
Semaforby Shelby Talcott29d ago
The News The White House is shrugging off the internal Republican tension kicked up by its still-unreleased proposal to divert federal childcare aid to stay-at-home parents.
Semaforby J.D. Capelouto29d ago
J.D.’s view A potentially devastating bug in Chinese superapp WeChat is the latest security scare underscoring why relying on slow-moving — and often opposing — governments won’t solve AI’s...
Semaforby David Weigel29d ago
David’s view Candidates who think they’ve escaped or explained their pasts keep having to explain comments that “resurface” online, again and again.
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