The Corridors

The Chatbot Checkpoint

How the White House Is Turning “AI Safety” Into a Permission Slip

May 10 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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Why Americans Don't Trust AI

A story about broken promises, downward mobility, and the institutions selling the next transformation

May 6 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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Richard Dawkins Found a Soul in a Chatbot

How the author of The God Delusion fell for his own trap

May 3 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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April 2026

Sam Altman Wants to Scan Your Eyes So Advertisers Know You're Real

Why is the CEO of OpenAI also running a company that's scanned 18 million irises? Follow the money

Apr 26 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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How Anthropic Turned a Sandwich in a Park Into a National Security Crisis

The Claude Mythos story told through the footnotes

Apr 12 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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The New Deal for OpenAI

What OpenAI’s policy paper reveals about power, dependency, and self-dealing

Apr 10 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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Who's Afraid of AI?

How the biggest warnings serve the biggest companies

Apr 2 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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March 2026

The Safety Ratchet

How a Stanford study becomes compliance law

Mar 27 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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Designed to Be Lied To, Designed to Be Relied On

How a Child Safety Law Became a Liability Shield

Mar 12 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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The Brush And The Wall

On AI And Copyright

Mar 5 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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February 2026

The Quiet Zone

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Feb 23 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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Tools With Other Loyalties

On Delegated Judgment

Feb 5 • Tumithak of the Corridors

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