Oliver Buchannon
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+2

Five Percent

Jun 25, 2026

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5 min read

Five Percent

Inside Europe's scramble to escape its dependence on American AI

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+4

AI Gets Political

Jun 23, 2026

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5 min read

AI Gets Political

The G7 access deal, OpenAI's leaked books, and Accenture's reckoning

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

The Condition Fable Can't Meet

Jun 18, 2026

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6 min read

The Condition Fable Can't Meet

The White House says the model can't return until its guardrails are impossible to bypass

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+4

The First AI Kill Switch

Jun 16, 2026

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6 min read

The First AI Kill Switch

Inside the federal takedown of Fable 5 and the procurement lesson that comes with it

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+2

Scaling AI is Breaking Budgets

Jun 11, 2026

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7 min read

Scaling AI is Breaking Budgets

73% of enterprises say AI costs exceeded projections.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa
America's AI Policy Week

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

America's AI Policy Week

The week that may set the course for federal AI governance

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+4

AI Automation Needs Accountability

Jun 4, 2026

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7 min read

AI Automation Needs Accountability

How defining and measuring outcomes can help improve AI accountability

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

The Bill Comes Due

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

The Bill Comes Due

What the Uber story tells us about federal AI ROI.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa
The Pope's AI Memo

May 28, 2026

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7 min read

The Pope's AI Memo

Is this the document that finally changes how AI is governed?

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

The AI executive order that fizzled

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

The AI executive order that fizzled

EO pulled hours before signing. Meanwhile, the SIs kept moving.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

Are We Flying Blind?

May 21, 2026

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6 min read

Are We Flying Blind?

How the US economy is deploying AI faster than it can measure its workforce impact

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

No Big Deals in Beijing

May 19, 2026

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6 min read

No Big Deals in Beijing

What the US-China summit produced on AI and, more importantly, what it didn't

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+2

Are We in an AI Bubble?

May 14, 2026

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7 min read

Are We in an AI Bubble?

The AI industry is spending faster than it's earning. We ask what that means.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa
Data Centers Bigger Than National Parks

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

Data Centers Bigger Than National Parks

The collision between Big Tech's infrastructure ambitions meets local communities request for transparency.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+2

The 50-State AI Experiment

May 7, 2026

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8 min read

The 50-State AI Experiment

Inside the legislation, the philosophies, and the education gap shaping how US states governs AI

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+4

The New Rules of Engagement

May 5, 2026

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4 min read

The New Rules of Engagement

Three federal moves that reshape how government buys, deploys, and learns from AI

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

Move Over Boomers, The Neoprimes Are Here

Apr 30, 2026

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8 min read

Move Over Boomers, The Neoprimes Are Here

How a new wave of Silicon Valley-backed defense contractors is reshaping how the Pentagon builds, buys, and fights.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+3

AI Pace is Testing Government Norms

Apr 28, 2026

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5 min read

AI Pace is Testing Government Norms

Keeping up with the pace of AI innovation is the most pressing challenge for the federal government.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+4

Claude Wars

Apr 23, 2026

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6 min read

Claude Wars

The Pentagon blacklisted Anthropic. The NSA is using its most powerful model anyway. Plus: AI around the world.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+5

The AI Mandate Scan

Apr 21, 2026

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5 min read

The AI Mandate Scan

The federal contractor ecosystem is evolving...fast

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

AI

+4

The AI Mandate | Intelligence Report

Apr 16, 2026

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8 min read

The AI Mandate | Intelligence Report

A weekly deep-dive on recent and compelling government AI stories.

Hamaad Chippa
Hamaad Chippa

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