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Tom Chivers

London

Lead writer, Flagship at Semafor

"Far too nice to be a journalist": Terry Pratchett. Lead writer, Flagship. Semafor. chiversthomas(a)gmail. Third book, Everything is Predictable, out now!

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  • Japan’s rice shortage puts pressure on politicians

    3 weeks ago | semafor.com | Tom Chivers

    Japan’s rice shortage continued to bite, with citizens queuing for hours and prices at an all-time high. The government released 300,000 tons of rice from its strategic reserve three weeks ago to rein in prices, which have been driven up by a combination of a poor harvest in 2023 and an end to decades-long deflation, but the effect has been limited.

  • The CEO of AI company Anthropic warns against deregulation

    3 weeks ago | semafor.com | Tom Chivers

    The CEO of artificial intelligence company Anthropic called on the White House to drop its plan to limit AI regulation. Dario Amodei said a provision in President Donald Trump’s bill to place a 10-year moratorium on state-level regulation of AI was “far too blunt” with AI advancing “head-spinningly fast.” He called instead for a national framework requiring leading firms to disclose their safety policies and efforts to reduce AI risk.

  • Musk-Trump spat envelops Washington, Silicon Valley

    3 weeks ago | semafor.com | Tom Chivers

    A dispute between Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump engulfed Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Washington. The feud — Musk alleged Trump was mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files; Trump threatened to end Musk’s government contracts — sent Tesla’s stock price slumping 14%, while Republicans scrambled to stop it damaging their legislative agenda.

  • CEO of Anthropic warns against AI deregulation

    3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tom Chivers

    The CEO of artificial intelligence company Anthropic called on the White House to drop its plan to limit AI regulation. Dario Amodei said a provision in President Donald Trump’s bill to place a 10-year moratorium on state-level regulation of AI was “far too blunt” with AI advancing “head-spinningly fast.”He called instead for a national framework requiring leading firms to disclose their safety policies and efforts to reduce AI risk.

  • NATO agrees ambitious defense spending expansion

    3 weeks ago | semafor.com | Tom Chivers

    NATO leaders agreed their most ambitious military expansion since the Cold War. The US and NATO leadership are pushing to increase the alliance’s spending target from 2% of each member country’s GDP to 5%, including 1.5% on related defense expenditures such as logistics and cybersecurity.

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Tom Chivers
Tom Chivers @TomChivers
18 Jun 25

RT @connoraxiotes: ‘I would argue that the correct position to hold [on AI] would be one of significant uncertainty, and if you are genuine…

Tom Chivers
Tom Chivers @TomChivers
18 Jun 25

I wrote a thing for UnHerd on how AI now is like nuclear physics in the 1930s, and it is appropriate to be scared now, just as it was then https://t.co/ge8L2nLzas

Tom Chivers
Tom Chivers @TomChivers
17 Jun 25

RT @salonium: Has nominative determinism gone too far (h/t @bschne) https://t.co/ImiGNrE0mN