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China and Meta just made frontier AI free to download

Every few weeks a Chinese AI lab drops a new model and the same thing happens. The markets wobble, the headlines call it a crisis for America, and by Thursday everyone's moved on.

Toby Remond14 Aug 20268 min read

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The EU AI Act just went live. Here is what a UK SME actually has to do this month.

The EU AI Act transparency rules went live on 2 August. Cue the scary posts about lawyers, compliance officers and six figure fines.

Toby Remond5 Aug 20266 min read

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