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The Verge's newsletter Regulator is going on hiatus for two weeks while its author, Tina Nguyen, takes a vacation.…
The Verge's newsletter Regulator is going on hiatus for two weeks while its author, Tina Nguyen, takes a vacation. In a brief note to subscribers, she explains that this means she'll miss the public release of Pope Leo XIV's upcoming encyclical on humanity in the age of AI. The newsletter, which covers the daily car crashes between tech and politics in Washington, will pause its usual reporting.
For those unfamiliar, Regulator is a subscriber exclusive for Verge readers. It tracks the messy collisions happening at the intersection of technology and government policy. Nguyen calls it a look at the "Washington-based intersection of technology and politics," where the pileups happen daily.
If you have tips about impending or hidden D.C. car crashes, she asks readers to send them to her email. The note is casual and direct, a standard sign off for a newsletter heading into a break.
The big picture here is that even AI policy news takes a backseat to real life. The Pope's encyclical is a significant moment, a formal Vatican document laying out humanist concerns about AI. Missing its release means missing the initial round of analysis and reaction. But the newsletter will be back in two weeks, ready to resume tracking the next tech versus government collision.