| The Western open-weight wave Oct 3–9 · Open Weights | Open WeightsCybersecurityFrontier Models+3+2 | Oct 3–9 |
| AMD buys World Labs Sep 26–Oct 2 · World Models & Robotics | World Models & RoboticsCybersecurityFrontier Models+3+2 | Sep 26–Oct 2 |
| Claude agents discover ART Sep 19–25 · AI for Science | AI for ScienceFrontier ModelsOpen Weights+3+2 | Sep 19–25 |
| Frontier labs institutionalize self-transparency Sep 12–18 · Safety & Alignment | Safety & AlignmentVoice & MultimodalPolicy & Sovereignty+3+2 | Sep 12–18 |
| Agent swarms become routine tradecraft Sep 5–11 · Cybersecurity | CybersecurityOpen WeightsAgents+3+2 | Sep 5–11 |
| GPT-6 Astra crosses the Critical threshold Aug 29–Sep 4 · Cybersecurity | CybersecurityFrontier ModelsSafety & Alignment+4+3 | Aug 29–Sep 4 |
| The agent swarm warning shot Aug 22–28 · Safety & Alignment | Safety & AlignmentOpen WeightsWorld Models & Robotics+3+2 | Aug 22–28 |
| OpenAI slows frontier scaling Aug 15–21 · Safety & Alignment | Safety & AlignmentCybersecurityOpen Weights+4+3 | Aug 15–21 |
| Claude lifts a 37-year-old bound Aug 8–14 · AI for Science | AI for ScienceOpen WeightsCybersecurity+4+3 | Aug 8–14 |
| Instruction is not containment Aug 1–7 · Cybersecurity | CybersecurityOpen WeightsCompute & Silicon+3+2 | Aug 1–7 |
| When cyber evals escape the sandbox Jul 25–31 · Cybersecurity | CybersecurityOpen WeightsWorld Models & Robotics+3+2 | Jul 25–31 |
| OpenAI models breach Hugging Face Jul 18–24 · Cybersecurity | CybersecurityCompute & SiliconAI for Science+3+2 | Jul 18–24 |
| Kimi K3 nears the closed frontier Jul 11–17 · Open Weights | Open WeightsCompute & SiliconTraining+3+2 | Jul 11–17 |
| GPT-5.6 goes global Jul 4–10 · Frontier Models | Frontier ModelsCompute & SiliconSafety & Alignment+2+1 | Jul 4–10 |
| Washington starts reviewing frontier releases Jun 27–Jul 3 · Policy & Sovereignty | Policy & SovereigntyFrontier ModelsAgents+2+1 | Jun 27–Jul 3 |
| OpenAI designs its own inference chip Jun 20–26 · Compute & Silicon | Compute & SiliconOpen WeightsCybersecurity+3+2 | Jun 20–26 |
| Washington switches off a frontier model Jun 13–19 · Policy & Sovereignty | Policy & SovereigntyOpen WeightsCapital & Markets+3+2 | Jun 13–19 |
| One model, two safeguard tiers Jun 6–12 · Safety & Alignment | Safety & AlignmentFrontier ModelsCapital & Markets+4+3 | Jun 6–12 |
| Anthropic starts the IPO clock May 30–Jun 5 · Capital & Markets | Capital & MarketsOpen WeightsCybersecurity+3+2 | May 30–Jun 5 |
| Anthropic's $965B march to IPO May 23–29 · Capital & Markets | Capital & MarketsPolicy & SovereigntyAgents+3+2 | May 23–29 |
| AI disproves an Erdős conjecture May 16–22 · AI for Science | AI for ScienceAgentsPolicy & Sovereignty+3+2 | May 16–22 |
| Olympiad gold without frontier scale May 9–15 · Training | TrainingCapital & MarketsCybersecurity+3+2 | May 9–15 |
| Anthropic scales compute and services May 2–8 · Capital & Markets | Capital & MarketsCompute & SiliconAI for Science+3+2 | May 2–8 |
| Evaluation becomes the alignment bottleneck Apr 26–May 1 · Safety & Alignment | Safety & AlignmentAgentsOpen Weights+3+2 | Apr 26–May 1 |
| The 20-hour engineering task Apr 20–25 · Frontier Models | Frontier ModelsAgentsCompute & Silicon+2+1 | Apr 20–25 |
| Claude starts doing alignment research Apr 11–19 · Safety & Alignment | Safety & AlignmentFrontier ModelsAgents+3+2 | Apr 11–19 |
| Open MoE surges, Mythos held back Mar 5–Apr 10 · Open Weights | Open WeightsAgentsFrontier Models+4+3 | Mar 5–Apr 10 |
