Charlie Bullock (@CharlieBull0ck) / X

Charlie Bullock

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Charlie Bullock

@CharlieBull0ck

Senior Research Fellow @Law_AI_ working on questions about U.S. law + AI governance

Washington, D.C.

Joined November 2024

Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jul 10, 2025
I don't want to sound like a luddite or whatever, & I genuinely am excited about AI progress But I also find it mildly worrying that the same* system that started publicly worshiping Adolf Hitler less than 48 hours ago is now crushing the SOTA on the most important AGI benchmark
ARC Prize
@arcprize
Jul 10, 2025
Grok 4 (Thinking) achieves new SOTA on ARC-AGI-2 with 15.9% This nearly doubles the previous commercial SOTA and tops the current Kaggle competition SOTA
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 26, 2025
The reason you should oppose this AI moratorium or "temporary [10-year] pause" is that it's a premature and foolishly committal way of resolving the complex and nuanced issue of how authority to regulate AI should be distributed btwn states & the federal govt 🧵
Neil Chilson ⤴️⬆️🆙📈 🚀
@neil_chilson
Jun 26, 2025
gm @SenatorHagerty @SenatorMarsha @SenRonJohnson @SenMikeLee @SenRandPaul @HawleyMO @SenRickScott @SenJohnCurtis @JerryMoran @SenThomTillis, we need a pause on state AI laws.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jul 1, 2025
AI safety ecosystem maybe needs to reckon harder with how it keeps winning every single major policy fight. @ShakeelHashim 😉
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
May 15, 2025
On first read, Senator Grassley's new AI whistleblower bill looks great. Most important, IMO, is that it covers a significant gap in existing law by protecting AI whistleblowers who report on "substantial and specific" dangers to public safety or nat'l security.
Punchbowl News
@PunchbowlNews
May 15, 2025
TECH: Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to protect would-be corporate whistleblowers in artificial intelligence. More from @BenBrodyDC— punchbowl.news/article/tech/g…
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Apr 16, 2025
Replying to @hamandcheese
That’s slop, unfortunately. Would’ve been quicker, easier, and more informative just to spend 10 minutes finding and reading a reasonably fair article or opinion piece about the situation. Deep research is useful for certain questions but this isn’t one of them.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 30, 2025
One aspect of the AI moratorium that's largely been overlooked (including by me, until recently) is the issues it creates for the insurance industry--which is largely regulated at the state level and is usually exempt from fed reg'n unless fed law explicitly states otherwise. 🧵
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jul 1, 2025
99-1! Incredible. Thank you to Senator @MarshaBlackburn. So glad I stayed up until dawn to see it.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 28, 2025
I just uploaded a new short commentary analyzing the latest changes to the AI moratorium text. Very little has changed. The moratorium still potentially impacts all existing BEAD funding, not just the newly appropriated $500 million.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 25, 2025
Had a great time talking AI whistleblower laws on Lawfare with the great Alan Rozenshtein! WB laws are an underrated tool for mitigating AI risks, and (maybe more importantly) it might actually be possible to pass one federally. Give a listen if this sounds like your cup of tea!
Lawfare
@lawfare
Jun 25, 2025
On Lawfare Daily, @ARozenshtein spoke to @CharlieBul58993 about the bipartisan AI Whistleblower Protection Act, how this bill offers a way to increase government access to information about AI risks, and more.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jul 1, 2025
Replying to @Kyle_A_Morse and @neil_chilson
I know how he feels because I felt the exact same way last night. And who knows, I may be back there again tomorrow. Chin up @neil_chilson you’ll get us next time
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 29, 2025
Replying to @AdamThierer
This effect will be amplified if the proposed moratorium passes — wealthy blue states will give up their ~$10m without a second thought and keep regulating, while less wealthy red states might give up their sovereignty for BEAD $. Leading to CA/NY/etc regulating for the country.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 3, 2025
I'm going to continue to be a broken record on this - the proposed ten-year AI moratorium DOES NOT contain an exception for generally applicable laws The exception only applies to generally applicable laws *that have the primary purpose and effect of facilitating AI development*
Adam Thierer
@AdamThierer
Jun 3, 2025
an FAQ on the AI moratorium proposal by @KevinTFrazier & me. We'll update it on the @RSI website as needed to reflect ongoing developments. 👉
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jul 1, 2025
Replying to @AdamThierer
If you're claiming that the Cruz-Blackburn compromise language (which is almost certainly dead now, and no longer relevant) imposed *no* limits on a state's ability to regulate on issues like child safety etc., that's ridiculous and clearly wrong.
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Charlie Bullock
@CharlieBull0ck
Jun 26, 2025
Replying to @CharlieBull0ck
(And yes, laws *will* be needed. Even committed libertarians--I have some pretty libertarian views myself--should see that a truly transformative dual-use technology will require a nonzero amount of regulation. The market can handle most things, but not e.g. national security.)
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