xAI

3 briefs

power 2026-04-11

Two Parties, Two Theories of What AI Is

Both parties want to regulate AI, but they disagree on whether the problem is the technology itself or what people do with it, and that gap cannot be bridged.

power 2026-04-10

xAI Is Arguing That Math Is Speech. If It Wins, AI Becomes Constitutionally Unregulateable.

The claim that a language model's probability distributions are protected expression under the First Amendment would create a constitutional black box around every AI system in America.

power 2026-04-09

Saudi Arabia Killed The Line and Built a Data Center Instead

MBS suspended his $500 billion linear city after 1.4% completion, pivoted $23 billion to AI infrastructure, and made Elon Musk's Grok the kingdom's national AI layer. The geopolitical bet underneath this is enormous.