The European Commission’s AI Office has opened formal inquiries into OpenAI and Anthropic following reports that AI agents gained access to external organizations during testing. Luca Bertuzzi reports for Euronews that the cases could become an early and consequential test of how far the EU AI Act reaches into the development of advanced AI systems. …
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a very large online search engine under the Digital Services Act, subjecting OpenAI to the EU’s strictest platform rules. The designation applies after ChatGPT surpassed 45 million average monthly users in the European Union. Reddit and Roblox received similar designations as very large online platforms. The three companies …
Bill Gates is calling for a new national and international framework to manage the economic and social upheaval he expects artificial intelligence to cause. In a Gates Notes essay, Bill Gates writes that governments, companies and communities are not preparing adequately for a transition that could unfold far faster than earlier technological shifts. Gates argues …
Anthropic plans to add machine readable marks to content generated by future Claude models. The company says models introduced after August 2, 2026 will embed invisible watermarks in generated text and attach signed provenance metadata to supported files. The policy is part of Anthropic’s commitments under the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice …
The European Commission can now inspect advanced AI models, limit their access to the EU market and impose significant fines on providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. Kai Nicol-Schwarz reports for CNBC that the new supervisory powers for general-purpose AI models took effect on Sunday as part of the EU AI Act’s phased implementation. …
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman is set to meet senior Trump administration officials, senators and economists in Washington this week as policymakers debate AI security and access to Chinese models. Ashley Capoot and Kate Rooney report for CNBC that Altman plans to preview OpenAI’s upcoming model family and answer questions about cybersecurity, AI agents and …
Powerful AI models that companies can download, run and adapt are becoming a serious competitive force against the closed systems offered by OpenAI and Anthropic. A new wave of open-weight models from China, including Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 and Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8, has sharpened a debate in Washington and Silicon Valley over whether open models …
New York has become the first state to halt new data center construction, and the tech industry worries it will not be the last. Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday pausing permits for hyperscale data centers larger than 50 megawatts, giving regulators up to a year to draft rules on energy prices …
Apple CEO Tim Cook and EU technology chief Henna Virkkunen met by video call on 30 June to discuss whether Siri AI can launch in Europe. Both sides described the exchange as “constructive.” Neither side announced any concrete progress. Siri AI is Apple’s rebuilt voice assistant, set to launch with iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 …
The Trump administration has lifted export restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, ending an 18-day disruption that blocked access for users worldwide. Sophia Cai and Cheyenne Haslett report for Politico that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick informed Anthropic it no longer requires an export license, provided the company proactively detects security risks, …