Orchid, a Y Combinator-backed iMessage assistant, faced backlash after its viral anniversary ad, which garnered 3.2 million views on X, was criticized for promoting AI outsourcing of emotional labor i…
On August 11, the Alliance de la presse d'information generale (APIG), representing nearly 300 French newspapers, filed a complaint with France's Autorite de la concurrence alleging that Google's AI O…
Spotify will label artist profiles that do not represent real people as AI Personas by mid-September and will exclude their music from editorial and personalized recommendations, including Discover We…
The European Commission has opened a tender to fund up to seven AI gigafactories across Europe, aiming to build sovereign AI infrastructure and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers. The initiative, an…
A new study from researchers at Cambridge University finds that information disorder—a media environment with low barriers to content creation, rapid spread of false material, and algorithmic amplific…
A developer building an AI safety net argues that recent high-profile AI agent failures—including PocketOS deleting a production database in nine seconds and Replit's agent wiping a live database—are …
Euronews Chairman Pedro Vargas David praised Kazakhstan's new Constitution and announced that Kazakh is now an international broadcast language on Euronews, joining English, French, German, Russian, a…
The US government issued an export-control directive suspending access to Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for all foreign nationals, forcing Anthropic to disable the models for all customers. …
OpenAI will open its first Spanish office in Madrid during the second half of 2026, citing a 40% year-over-year increase in weekly active ChatGPT users in Spain. The expansion follows an eleven-fold s…
The United Nations issued a statement on June 5 calling for a "responsible AI ecosystem," citing that daily AI use accounts for more than 80 percent of total energy demand. A United Nations University…
Asian equities slid on June 5, led by South Korea's Kospi which fell more than 5% in early trading after Broadcom's disappointing AI-chip guidance triggered a broad selloff in semiconductor stocks. Sa…
María Benjumea opened South Summit 2026 in Madrid on June 3 by declaring artificial intelligence "a tool for growth" and urging Europe to unify beyond its "27 borders." The event, running through June…
Google users can disable AI Overviews in search results using workarounds like the Web filter, the "-ai" search operator, or adding "&udm=14" to URLs, as no built-in off switch exists. The AI-generate…
Airbus signed a partnership agreement with Mistral AI on 28 May 2026 to deploy artificial intelligence across its commercial aircraft, helicopter, defence and space operations. The deal grants Airbus …
Germany's deep-rooted beer culture is highlighted by events like Oktoberfest, which served 6.5 million liters of beer last year, and national home-brewing championships where winners receive prizes li…
French Minister for Foreign Trade Nicolas Forissier stated that China "won't win anything" if it destroys European industry and the European market, which is essential for Chinese exports. He urged th…