X-Risk Weekly — 25 May–29 May 2026
X-Risk Daily
Week of 25 May
Transformative AI
On 21 May, President Trump cancelled a planned executive order on AI safety just hours before a scheduled signing ceremony, following direct intervention from tech executives including his former AI czar David Sacks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
Also in this issue
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Transformative AI Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to lead recursive self-improvement research team |
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Geopolitics & Conflict Pakistan army chief visits Tehran as Islamabad and Qatar pursue ceasefire in US-Israeli conflict with Iran |
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Fanatical & Malevolent Actors US reportedly unfreezes billions in Iranian assets as part of peace deal with hardline regime |
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Geopolitics & Conflict Iranian missile strikes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz as regional conflict escalates |
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