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Op-eds, research summaries, progress updates, and explainers on the CalCompute initiative.
When the Cloud Goes to War
What the 2026 Iran conflict reveals about California's digital future — and why commercial data centers becoming military targets makes the case for CalCompute more urgent than ever.
When Washington Proved Why CalCompute Must Exist
The federal government's dramatic rupture with Anthropic, its embrace of OpenAI under weakened safeguards, and the confirmed deployment of commercial AI in military strikes have done more in eight weeks to make the case for a sovereign public compute infrastructure than years of policy advocacy.
When the Cloud Fails California
Twenty-six months of documented commercial cloud failures reveal a pattern of systemic fragility that the CalCompute Initiative was designed to address — and a direct line from those failures to the policy case for a sovereign public computing infrastructure.
California's New Frontier AI Law: What SB-53 Means for You
Senate Bill 53 — the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act — is the most significant state-level response to the AI era yet. Here is everything Californians need to know about what it does, why it exists, and how it differs from last year's vetoed predecessor.
Newsom Kills SB 1047: A Decision That Will Define California's AI Future
Governor Gavin Newsom today vetoed the most ambitious AI safety bill in American history. His reasons were carefully worded — but they raise questions that Californians deserve honest answers to.
California's SB 1047: The AI Safety Bill That Could Change Everything
A landmark piece of legislation passed both chambers of California's legislature and arrived at Governor Newsom's desk — one that would impose the nation's most far-reaching safety requirements on the most powerful artificial intelligence systems ever built.