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  • The Correlated Decision Problem
    The Evidence Chain

    The Correlated Decision Problem

    Part 6 of The Evidence Chain. He applied at 12:55 a.m. and was rejected by 1:50. When many employers and lenders read you through the same model, a hundred rejections…

    October 15, 2026
  • Who Benefits When Everyone Says “Slow Down”?
    Mercury Brief

    Who Benefits When Everyone Says “Slow Down”?

    Sanders wants a ban, the labs want an optional pace, the UN wants a brake it can’t build. Who benefits from each ‘slow’, and who isn’t asked?

    October 14, 2026
  • The Regime That Got Nothing: GPAI Enforcement Still Arrives on 2 August
    Mercury Brief

    The Regime That Got Nothing: GPAI Enforcement Still Arrives on 2 August

    The 7 May Omnibus deal — still a provisional agreement, pending formal adoption — would delay the high-risk rules. It leaves the general-purpose AI obligations exactly where they are. For…

    May 24, 2026

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