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The United Arab Emirates announced a plan to have half of its government services run on agentic AI within two years, a move experts call reckless. Citing a Dutch scandal where an AI system wrongly accused 35,000 familie…
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The United Arab Emirates announced a plan to have half of its government services run on agentic AI within two years, a move experts call reckless. Citing a Dutch scandal where an AI system wrongly accused 35,000 familie…
The World Cup 2026 quarterfinals are set with France, Morocco, Norway, England, Spain, Belgium, Argentina, and Switzerland advancing. Egypt alleges officiating bias after a controversial VAR decision in its loss to Argen…
China is shifting from competing on frontier AI performance to releasing affordable, open-weight AI models for mass adoption, mirroring its strategy in manufacturing. This approach allows global users to adapt and deploy…
China warned of risks in Anthropic's Claude Code AI tool, citing hidden tracking code that may detect users from Chinese AI labs. Anthropic called the code experimental and aimed at preventing unauthorized use, while Chi…
OpenAI announced the public release of its GPT-5.6 series, including Sol, Terra, and Luna, after a US government review. The administration approved broader launch following technical testing and meetings, marking a new …
French startup ZML announced a partnership with Scaleway, VSORA, and the Île-de-France region at VivaTech to build a European AI stack independent of Nvidia. ZML's open-source inference software compiles AI models to run…
Beijing is considering restricting foreign access to China's top AI models, a move that could disrupt global AI processing and crypto markets reliant on affordable Chinese AI. The potential curbs, discussed since June 20…
China's potential restrictions on overseas access to its advanced AI models could increase operational costs for global firms reliant on cost-effective Chinese AI, driving them toward more expensive Western alternatives.…
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 39-year-old Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on Tuesday after authorities said he attempted to evade arrest and drove his vehicle toward fed…
Techstars and Emirates NBD announced a strategic partnership on July 6th to accelerate enterprise-grade AI and fintech solutions across the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkiye. The 'Acceleration-to-Enterprise' model g…
India's foreign direct investment surged 73% to $47 billion in 2025, driven by massive data center and AI infrastructure investments from tech giants. Alphabet announced a $15 billion commitment to build an AI hub and da…
OpenAI will launch GPT-5.6 on Thursday after the U.S. government lifted a ban that delayed the release for additional testing. The new model, named Sol, outperforms Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 in coding benchmarks while …
A new governance framework for enterprise agent capabilities, the Governed Skills Registry, extends the Platform Planning Gateway to validate Claude Code skills against Rego policies before distribution. The system treat…
Chinese AI startup Deepseek is developing its own AI chips to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei, boosting Hong Kong stocks. The Hang Seng Index rose nearly 3% and the Hang Seng Tech Index surged up to 4.8%, with Aliba…
OpenAI will release its GPT-5.6 family of AI models, including the flagship Sol model, on Thursday after a government-coordinated preview period. The three-tier lineup—Sol, Terra, and Luna—targets different use cases, wi…
NerdVPN.de released Gandalf, a self-hosted, privacy-first bot protection system that blocks automated bots, scrapers, and AI agents. The system addresses the growing bot problem, which accounts for 90% of the site's traf…
Deutsche Bank's global head of macro research Jim Reid warned that AI productivity gains are years away, cautioning that overambitious timelines could lead to market corrections across asset classes, including crypto. Re…
The website administrator has deployed Anubis, a proof-of-work system, to block AI scraping bots from accessing the Edge-corE EAP102 installation procedure page. The system imposes computational costs on mass scrapers wh…
Columnist Rachel Rickard Straus warns about AI-powered voice cloning scams and advises never saying 'hello' first when answering unknown calls. She cites a Financial Conduct Authority report predicting AI will amplify fr…
OpenAI will release its most advanced AI model, GPT-5.6, globally on Thursday after a limited preview, following the lifting of restrictions by the Trump administration. The launch comes after rival Anthropic clashed wit…