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AI frontier labs and chipmakers have split on whether regulation for AI safety should be adopted, with Anthropic and OpenAI backing independent evaluators and common safety standards while Meta and Nvidia argue new laws are unnecessary and that markets and liability will discipline behavior. The White House did not move forward with an industry-funded AI oversight body after Donald Trump was contacted by Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk to oppose the proposal last month. The debate is now spilling into a broader culture-war framing, making it harder to reach consensus on concrete governance steps as safety and regulation arguments intensify.
Crusoe announced a $3.9 billion Series F funding round, raising its post-money valuation to $30.9 billion. The deal follows a roughly year-earlier Series E that valued the company at $10 billion, implying it tripled value in 10 months. The new capital will support projects like Abilene and expand Crusoe’s AI data-center and cloud offerings, with further board changes and potential IPO discussions.
Hard Fork ended after focusing for most of its run on understanding how LLMs and AI safety affect companies and everyday life. The final show wrapped up ahead of Machine Gods launching the week of October 19, with episodes planned twice a week. The shift moves coverage from the New York Times podcast to a new Kevin Roose/NPR project under Machine Gods Media, including expanded YouTube output and more frequent publishing.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense showcased homegrown defense and drone technologies at the Taiwan Innotech Expo as part of a China-independent supply chain effort. It said it plans to spend NT$1.1 trillion on defense in 2027 (about $35 billion), with a growing portion targeting drones without Chinese components. The result is a push toward domestically built sensors, tracking systems, drone components, and even a small turbojet engine for mass production, though key issues like friend-or-foe identification and sensor protection remain unresolved.
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