AI ethics, policy, societal impact
Paul covers AI governance, safety research, and the policy debates that will shape how these systems are regulated. He previously worked in tech policy in Washington.
OpenAI named Smartly as its first creative adtech partner to build interactive, conversational ad formats inside ChatGPT. With the ad pilot already at $100M ARR and 600+ advertisers, the move sharpens the divide between ad-supported and ad-free AI assistants.
By Paul MenonAI|
Anthropic is privately warning government officials that Claude Mythos makes large-scale cyberattacks much more likely, while planning to release it to enterprise security teams. The regulatory framework to handle that contradiction does not exist.
By Paul MenonAI|
Apple will let third-party AI chatbots plug into Siri through a new Extensions system in iOS 27, with a dedicated App Store section. It looks like user choice. It reads more like a distribution play with regulatory insurance.
By Paul MenonAI|
Leaked internal documents reveal Anthropic's most powerful model yet, a new class above Opus with two name candidates and a deliberately slow release. But with Chinese models delivering 90% of the quality at 7% of the cost, the question is whether Anthropic can afford to take its time.
By Paul MenonAI|
Anthropic is voluntarily withholding its most powerful AI model over cybersecurity risks. The governance question: who should be making that call?
By Paul MenonAI|
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin blocked the Pentagon's unprecedented use of a foreign-adversary supply chain statute against an American AI company, calling the designation 'Orwellian' retaliation for Anthropic's refusal to remove weapons-use restrictions from Claude.
By Paul MenonAI|
A new benchmark from the ARC Prize Foundation finds frontier AI systems score below 1% on tasks humans solve every time. The governance frameworks trying to regulate AI capability thresholds are measuring the wrong thing entirely.
By Paul MenonAI|
Figure 03 became the first humanoid robot to enter the White House on March 25, greeted diplomats from 45 countries in 11 languages, and raised questions that neither the White House nor Figure AI has answered.
By Paul MenonAI|
GitHub's updated Terms of Service add a new Section J that lets the company train AI models on Copilot interaction data from Free, Pro, and Pro+ users by default. Enterprise customers are carved out. Here's what the fine print actually says.
By Paul MenonAI|
GitHub's updated Copilot policy will use interaction data from Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train AI models starting April 24, with a buried opt-out toggle and a telling exemption for enterprise customers.
By Paul MenonAI|
The White House just handed Congress a four-page blueprint to federalize AI regulation. The real story is in Section VII, where three narrow carve-outs decide which state laws survive.
By Paul MenonAI|
A Brown University study tested AI models prompted to act as therapists. They mishandled crises, reinforced harmful beliefs, and faked empathy. The FDA has authorized over 1,200 AI medical devices and zero cover mental health. That gap is getting harder to ignore.
By Paul MenonAI|
Meta says AI will replace its third-party content moderators over the next few years. The performance claims are impressive. The accountability framework is mostly absent.
By Paul MenonAI|