Inside AI safety's hottest club

AI safety and policy dominate the current political landscape as industry leaders and lawmakers grapple with the technology's rapid evolution. At the exclusive "The Curve" conference in Berkeley, attendees debated the urgent need for frontier safety regulation and third-party auditing, though consensus on economic displacement remains elusive. Senator Ruben Gallego is introducing a policy blueprint featuring excise taxes on data centers and token usage to fund workforce development programs, reflecting a broader effort to address potential job losses. Meanwhile, Hollywood is increasingly framing tech giants as villains, with upcoming films like *The Social Reckoning* and *Artificial* highlighting deep-seated public skepticism toward Silicon Valley. These cultural and legislative shifts underscore a growing, bipartisan push to exert greater control over AI’s societal impact before the next election cycle.