A viral dystopian thought experiment called 'Europe 2031' is rattling EU policymakers, warning that Europe's failure to invest in AI infrastructure could trigger economic collapse and geopolitical vulnerability to the US and China, gaining urgency after the Trump administration blocked foreign nationals from accessing a key AI model.
Anduril, the $61 billion defense startup founded by Palmer Luckey, is expanding into Israel, recruiting local talent, signing deals with Israeli defense firms, and eyeing investments and acquisitions within the country's booming military innovation ecosystem.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick warns ASML that a cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet lithography machine — critical for making advanced chips and never legally permitted for export to China — may have illegally reached the country, posing a major challenge for the Dutch chip-equipment giant under the Trump administration.
DeepSeek closes its first funding round at a $50 billion valuation, cementing its status as China's most valuable AI-only company, while founder Liang Wenfeng demands investors sign a strict no-poaching agreement to protect its talent from rivals like Xiaomi and Tencent.
Anthropic vows its blocked frontier AI models, Mythos and Fable 5, will be restored 'in coming days' after a White House security directive halts global access, with Korea at the center of the controversy following a Chinese-linked telecom company allegedly triggering the U.S. export block.
Cyber warfare startup Twenty reaches a $1 billion valuation after securing $100 million in Series B funding led by Accel, as the U.S. military-contracted company accelerates its mission to 'industrialize cyber warfare' amid escalating threats from China and Russia.
Tech giants and world leaders clash at the G7 Summit in France over who controls AI's future, as US export restrictions spark geopolitical tensions and a fierce debate erupts over whether a small elite or the global public should decide the fate of transformative artificial intelligence.
The Trump administration forces Anthropic's Claude offline after a trust-shattering dispute over the AI company allegedly sharing technology with a suspected China-linked firm, with sanctions and export controls having been under consideration for weeks prior.
Top AI CEOs, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, are urging G7 leaders to form a U.S.-led global AI coalition to set international standards, as national security fears over advanced AI cyber capabilities intensify and export controls hit Anthropic's latest models.
Tech CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind join world leaders at the G7 summit in France, marking a historic power shift as governments now depend on private AI executives to shape credible global policy on frontier AI risks, child safety, and cybersecurity.