French Finance Minister Roland Lescure says calls to slow AI development risk protecting the US companies already leading the race, arguing Europe should accelerate instead.
Huawei forecasts around 900 billion active AI agents worldwide by 2035, as autonomous software increasingly communicates and carries out tasks for other machines.
Deloitte says 17% of UK workers personally pay for AI tools they use at work, with total employee spending approaching £1 billion a year.
NHTSA has ordered Tesla to explain how its steering-wheel-free Cybercab was self-certified as complying with federal vehicle safety standards.
The U.S. Senate has blocked the CLARITY Act 49-50 amid a dispute over ethics safeguards addressing President Donald Trump’s financial interests in cryptocurrency.
Spain’s data-protection regulator has received its first notification of a personal-data breach allegedly carried out using an autonomous AI agent.
OpenAI is endorsing bipartisan U.S. biosecurity legislation and supporting independent safety evaluation requirements for leading AI developers.
OpenAI and Anthropic are discussing school AI privacy agreements after Microsoft signed legally enforceable safeguards restricting the use of student and educator data.
Einride and Lidl have put Germany’s first cab-less Level 4 autonomous truck into routine commercial service without a driver or safety operator onboard.
Bill Gates says governments are way behind in preparing for AI disruption even as his foundation commits at least $1 billion to expand beneficial uses of the technology.
