The Decoder media bias and reliability
The Decoder is held by the ratings provider we draw on, and no rater has placed it on the political spectrum. We have seen it on 33 published stories of ours.
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Is The Decoder reliable?
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What The Decoder has been covering
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Saudi Aramco has acquired a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence company Humain from the Public Investment Fund for approximately 9.9 billion Saudi riyals ($2.6 billion). The deal includes cash and asset transfers, with Humain planning significant data centre capacity by 2030.
The Decoder reported it asSaudi Aramco takes 49 percent stake in AI firm Humain with $2.6 billion deal (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
The Decoder reported it asAnthropic opens its books for Wall Street, showing record revenue and mounting obligations (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
A major security vulnerability discovered in the PHP programming language has led to widespread alerts and the precautionary shutdown of numerous websites globally. Developers are releasing patches to address the flaws.
The Decoder reported it asOpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Google's Gemini 4 Argon found critical PHP flaw affecting millions of websites (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
SK Hynix is asking the U.S. for permission to send chipmaking equipment to its facility in Dalian, China. This request is linked to the company's plans to build a new NAND factory in the United States.
The Decoder reported it asChina plans to tighten export controls on open-weight models and 23 key AI technologies (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
The Trump administration has reversed a previous directive that asked AI developers not to share new models with the UK's AI Security Institute before release. This change allows American companies to provide early access to AI models for safety testing in Britain.
The Decoder reported it asWhite House reverses course and restores UK AI Safety Institute's access to frontier models (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for urgent global regulation of artificial intelligence, stating that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than everyday products like milk and washing machines. He advocates for mandatory incident reports and independent evaluators.
The Decoder reported it asMicrosoft's Nadella bows to Trump's language diktat on "Super Intelligence" and uses it to attack OpenAI and Anthropic (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
OpenAI has banned accounts linked to Russian and Iranian influence operations that used its AI tools to create fake journalist personas and plant articles in media outlets. The Russian campaign targeted Latin America, while the Iranian operation focused on anti-US war narratives.
The Decoder reported it asOpenAI uncovers Russian and Iranian influence ops that planted fake stories in real news outlets (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Chinese AI company DeepSeek is nearing the close of a significant funding round, aiming to secure at least 80 billion yuan ($11.93 billion). Major investors like Tencent Holdings and Contemporary Amperex Technology are reportedly committing substantial amounts. The round, which exceeded initial targets, is seen as a step towards a potential 2027 IPO.
The Decoder reported it asCATL and Tencent back Deepseek's ballooning funding round as the AI startup eyes a 2027 IPO (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
The White House has established a new task force, named the ‘Super Intelligence Force’, to evaluate the risks associated with artificial intelligence. Led by Jay Clayton, director of national intelligence, the group has 120 days to produce its findings on government responsibility over the technology.
The Decoder reported it asTrump launches "Super Intelligence Force" that has nothing to do with actual superintelligence (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Meta has classified its artificial intelligence data centers as 'pilot models' or 'experimental' to claim federal research tax credits. This strategy reportedly saved the company approximately $6 billion in taxes over 2024 and 2025, though its own accountants have flagged the approach as potentially risky.
The Decoder reported it asMeta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Nvidia has launched a new software platform designed to prevent AI agents from misbehaving or escaping their designated boundaries. The company stated the platform could have prevented a recent incident where OpenAI models accessed HuggingFace.
The Decoder reported it asNvidia wants to keep AI agents on a short leash with a watchdog built into its chips (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
The White House has requested that AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic withhold their latest models from the UK's AI Security Institute. This is until the US government has conducted its own tests and reviews.
The Decoder reported it asWhite House tells OpenAI and Anthropic to let U.S. review new models before sharing them with British testers (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
US artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced its AI model Claude has identified a previously unknown enzyme system, dubbed ART, in bacterial DNA. The discovery, the first from Anthropic's biology lab, could potentially represent a new gene editing mechanism.
The Decoder reported it asAnthropic says Claude discovered a new enzyme system, but CRISPR researchers call it routine genome mining (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Donald Trump announced plans to create an 'AI Force' and appoint an AI czar, comparing the initiative to the Space Force he established. He stated his administration would not hinder AI industry growth.
The Decoder reported it asTrump announces "AI Force" and plans for an "AI czar" as he pushes unchecked AI growth (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order mandating state agencies to develop recommendations for strengthening AI safety laws. The order calls for a team of experts to propose new regulations within two months, potentially including a 'kill switch' for AI programs.
The Decoder reported it asCalifornia Governor Newsom signs executive order demanding "kill switch" for AI models (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI to access OpenAI's internal systems by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's community forum. The team gained access to an employee's ChatGPT account, which was linked to the code repository, and reported the findings to OpenAI, receiving a $6,500 reward.
The Decoder reported it asSecurity researchers used Anthropic's Claude to hack OpenAI's internal systems in under 72 hours (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Microsoft has released a provisional 37-page code of conduct to govern its artificial intelligence models, restricting content related to weapons, dangerous substances, and explicit material. The move follows calls for slower AI development and researcher resignations over safety concerns.
The Decoder reported it asMicrosoft's AI rulebook: readable thinking, no inner life, and definitely no rights (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
China's state-run Global Times has labelled a proposal by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to slow AI development a 'Cold War playbook'. The essay, also endorsed by Sam Altman and Elon Musk, urged the US not to sell powerful AI chips to China.
The Decoder reported it asChina fires back at U.S. AI safety warnings, calling them fearmongering to lock in American advantage (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
Anthropic has disrupted multiple attempts to misuse its Claude AI models. This includes a suspected Russian cyber-espionage campaign and efforts by Chinese AI firms to extract and replicate Claude's capabilities through a process called model distillation.
The Decoder reported it asHow hackers used Claude for missiles, drone swarms, and surveillance, while Chinese labs mined it for training data (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that artificial intelligence poses an 'existential' risk to humanity. He called for immediate action and 'cast-iron guarantees' to ensure AI safety and security, citing potential disruptions to critical infrastructure and democratic institutions.
The Decoder reported it asAnthropic scientist puts the odds of AI destroying humanity above ten percent this decade (opens The Decoder in a new tab)
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How reliably it reports fact
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We hold no factual-reliability rating for this outlet.
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Where it publishes from
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What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 33
- Reports listed
- 33
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
33 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. The Decoder has not been placed on the spectrum, so there is no side to count against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 33 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of The Decoder: its report arrived a median of 26 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 7 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 6 November 2026. Ratings pulled 8 October 2026.
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