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Microsoft funds Mistral's European AI expansion in multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal

Microsoft has committed billions to fund French AI startup Mistral's computing infrastructure across Europe, expanding Azure's presence while addressing sovereignty concerns. The deal avoids new equity stakes, instead focusing on compute capacity and model distribution through Foundry and Copilot Studio as European nations seek alternatives to U.S.-controlled AI infrastructure.

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Microsoft funds Mistral's European AI expansion in multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal

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US and China plan high-level AI talks in September to address frontier model risks

The United States and China are preparing to hold AI talks in September, marking a significant outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in May. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will lead the US delegation as both superpowers seek to address risks posed by increasingly powerful frontier models. The meeting is expected before President Xi Jinping's planned September 24 visit to the US.

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US and China plan high-level AI talks in September to address frontier model risks

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Bloomberg warns Trump's AI ownership plan risks cronyism as government stake debate intensifies

President Trump is considering taking government stakes in AI companies, with OpenAI's Sam Altman proposing a 5% donation to a public wealth fund. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg warns the plan would lead to cronyism and corruption, arguing that taxation offers a better path to distribute AI benefits than government ownership in AI companies.

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Bloomberg warns Trump's AI ownership plan risks cronyism as government stake debate intensifies

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Weak AI Regulation Can Make Technology Less Safe Than No Rules at All, Study Warns

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that poorly designed AI safety regulations can backfire, creating products more dangerous than those developed without oversight. Researchers from Cornell University and Carnegie Mellon University found that when regulations target only downstream companies, AI model developers cut safety investments, creating a free-riding problem across the AI supply chain.

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Weak AI Regulation Can Make Technology Less Safe Than No Rules at All, Study Warns

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AI chatbots deliver inaccurate election advice, raising concerns about electoral interference

Research during Hungary's parliamentary elections reveals AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini provided inaccurate and unreliable voting advice to users. The systems recommended parties not running, omitted relevant parties, and showed significant political bias. In 90% of cases, ChatGPT failed to recommend the opposition Tisza party to aligned voters, while consistently recognizing Fidesz-aligned profiles, exposing serious regulatory gaps in AI oversight.

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AI chatbots deliver inaccurate election advice, raising concerns about electoral interference

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UK's AI ambitions clash with water reality as datacenters excluded from national forecasts

Water UK has issued a stark warning that the UK government's AI growth plans are fatally flawed, with datacenter water usage completely excluded from national water forecasts. As parts of England face hosepipe bans and drought conditions, the water industry warns that AI infrastructure could end up competing with homes for supply, threatening the government's ambition to triple datacenter capacity by 2030.

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UK's AI ambitions clash with water reality as datacenters excluded from national forecasts

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Kanishka Narayan Becomes UK's First Cabinet-Level AI Minister as Burnham Reshapes Whitehall

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promoted Kanishka Narayan to cabinet as the nation's first cabinet-level AI minister, while dismantling the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The 36-year-old Bihar-born MP for Vale of Glamorgan now sits at the government's top table, signaling a strategic shift in how Britain approaches AI governance amid mounting pressure to balance innovation with public concerns over job displacement and infrastructure demands.

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Kanishka Narayan Becomes UK's First Cabinet-Level AI Minister as Burnham Reshapes Whitehall

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China weighs export controls on AI models and chips to prevent Western acquisition

China's Ministry of Commerce is consulting leading tech firms including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Huawei about implementing export controls on advanced AI models, training data, and semiconductor technologies. The proposed restrictions could ban Chinese chip designers from using TSMC and limit downloads of open-weight models, marking a significant shift in how Beijing protects its technological advancements.

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China weighs export controls on AI models and chips to prevent Western acquisition

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Head of AI safety agency Chris Fall resigns after just three months, leaving federal oversight in flux

Chris Fall has stepped down as director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation just three months after his April appointment. The resignation leaves the Trump administration's main AI oversight body without permanent leadership at a critical moment for federal AI policy, as Washington debates how to regulate frontier AI models and Chinese competitors gain ground.

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Head of AI safety agency Chris Fall resigns after just three months, leaving federal oversight in flux

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European Parliament builds EPGenAI Hub as AI slop infiltrates legislative work

The European Parliament is launching EPGenAI Hub, an internal AI platform for MEPs and staff, after discovering that roughly 2,100 people use public chatbots daily to draft legislation. The platform will offer models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic, and Mistral to prevent sensitive parliamentary material from being fed into uncontrolled public tools. The rollout could begin as early as September 2025.

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European Parliament builds EPGenAI Hub as AI slop infiltrates legislative work

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Pentagon Official Publicly Attacks OpenAI Executive Over Chinese AI Regulation Claims

Defense Under Secretary Emil Michael launched a scathing personal attack on OpenAI's Dean Ball after the executive questioned government restrictions on Chinese AI models. The public clash highlights tensions over AI regulation and could complicate OpenAI's relationship with the Trump administration as the company seeks closer government ties.

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Pentagon Official Publicly Attacks OpenAI Executive Over Chinese AI Regulation Claims

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White House accuses Moonshot AI of cloning US tech as Treasury threatens sanctions

The Trump administration has accused Chinese startup Moonshot AI of stealing intellectual property by distilling Anthropic's Fable model to create its Kimi K3 AI system. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned that sanctions remain on the table if IP theft is confirmed. The allegations have divided Silicon Valley between those supporting government intervention and investors who argue the market should decide.

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White House accuses Moonshot AI of cloning US tech as Treasury threatens sanctions

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp warns AI could make him 20x richer while middle-class workers get modest raises

Palantir CEO Alex Karp estimates AI could boost his fortune from $15 billion to $300 billion while middle-class salaries merely double. He calls this wealth gap a 'complete decoupling of unimaginable wealth and normal wealth' and warns it's a problem for society. Other leaders including Larry Fink and Geoffrey Hinton echo similar concerns about AI-driven wealth concentration.

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp warns AI could make him 20x richer while middle-class workers get modest raises

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Apple and Google ordered to stop profiting from AI nudify apps targeting women and children

San Francisco's City Attorney David Chiu sent cease-and-desist letters demanding Apple and Google remove 13 AI nudify apps from their stores. The apps create nonconsensual nude images, primarily targeting women and girls. Chiu accuses both tech giants of profiting millions from these harmful tools while violating California's deepfake laws, threatening civil penalties of at least $25,000 per violation.

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Apple and Google ordered to stop profiting from AI nudify apps targeting women and children

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Indonesia's copyright law overhaul puts Google and major AI platforms on notice

Indonesia is preparing sweeping changes to its copyright law that would grant copyright privileges to AI-assisted works while excluding fully AI-generated content. The draft bill mandates that tech platforms like Google compensate news publishers for using their content in AI training, potentially making Indonesia the first Southeast Asian nation to explicitly regulate AI in copyright law.

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Indonesia's copyright law overhaul puts Google and major AI platforms on notice

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