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Taiwan's President William Lai Ching-te said he hopes the US approves a $14bn arms sale package as soon as possible, reiterating Taiwan's rejection of unification with China. The sale, under review by the US, is complica…
Maureen Dowd writes that Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt President Donald Trump, with new revelations and investigations keeping the scandal alive despite Trump's attempts to distract. The House Oversight Committee is…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is raising $7.4 billion in its first external funding round, instructing investors not to poach its employees as it issues equity to retain its 150-person team. The round values the company at…
PwC's 2026 AI Jobs Barometer report reveals that artificial intelligence is splitting the global labour market into two distinct paths, one that rewards uniquely human skills and another that automates routine tasks. The…
Salumeh Companieh, chief digital and information officer at Cushman & Wakefield, compares modern IT leadership to chess, requiring precision and foresight due to accelerated change. She emphasizes clarity, real-time adju…
The UK Cabinet Office is recruiting an AI and Innovation Director to promote AI use across the civil service, with a salary between £100,000 and £163,000. Cabinet Secretary Antonia Romeo stated the ambition is for the ci…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe that will depend on how fast they take responsibility for their own security. He l…
Anthropic Managing Director of International Chris Ciauri said during a press conference in Seoul that the company expects to restore access to its frontier AI models, including Fable 5, within days after blocking them f…
Arizona's data center industry, the second-largest in the US, is consuming 1.5 GW of power and 385 million gallons of water annually, with projections of tripling electricity use and water consumption surging up to 3.8 b…
The EU cybersecurity agency ENISA is set to meet AI company Anthropic on Thursday, a meeting arranged before the US Department of Commerce ordered Anthropic to suspend access to its advanced models, including for foreign…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has rapidly gained influence and is reshaping the Democratic Party by endorsing progressive challengers against incumbents in upcoming primaries, drawing praise…
Anthropic suspended its Fable 5 AI model within three days after U.S. government concerns over security protocols, highlighting a growing rift between U.S. regulatory policies and East Asian market realities. Japan's Sof…
World leaders seek access to American AI technology but express concerns over the U.S. government's ability to unilaterally disable or restrict these systems, highlighting tensions between global demand for AI and fears …
The UK Home Office is using two AI tools, Asylum Case Summarisation (ACS) and Asylum Policy Search (APS), both powered by GPT-4o, in asylum decision-making without informing applicants or publishing required impact asses…
A panel discussion published June 18, 2026 concluded that agentic AI is shifting the conversation in financial services from automation toward decision support, forcing credit unions to balance speed with trust and accou…
JPMorgan Chase has blocked its Hong Kong staff from using Anthropic's Claude AI model due to licensing terms, following a similar move by Goldman Sachs. The restriction highlights how geopolitical tensions and US export …
Anthropic employees and industry experts allege the Trump administration is targeting the AI company with unreasonable restrictions, including a de facto ban on its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national se…
ByteDance's Doubao, China's most popular AI chatbot with 345 million monthly active users, is introducing subscription plans from 688 to 5,088 yuan annually, sparking user backlash and debate over monetization. Critics q…
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the US to grant broader access to Anthropic's AI models, following a US order to block foreign nationals from accessing them. G7 leaders discussed a "trusted partners" scheme to all…
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, is spending billions on AI and shifting to domestic chips, potentially benefiting second-tier Chinese chipmakers like Iluvatar CoreX, Biren Technology, and others. The move comes as US san…