Cohere and Aleph Alpha Create $20bn ‘Sovereign AI’ Company as Europe Builds Its Own AI Stack
Cohere and Aleph Alpha have signed a definitive combination agreement for a roughly $20bn transatlantic sovereign-AI company spanning Canada and Germany.
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Education Secretary Rejects Compulsory Hijabs for Girls – But State-Funded Islamic School Still Exempts Only Non-Muslims
Lucy Powell says schools should not force young girls to wear hijabs, while a newly state-funded Islamic primary still publishes an exemption specifically for non-Muslim pupils.
Argentina Orders Falklands Oil Project Halt – But Has No Control Over the Waters
An Argentine judge has ordered Rockhopper and Navitas to halt the Sea Lion oil project near the Falklands, despite Argentina not controlling the territory or waters concerned.
EU Plans Emergency Powers for ‘Engineered and Weaponised’ Mass Migration
The EU is preparing an emergency framework allowing temporary flexibility in normal procedures when mass migration is deliberately engineered and weaponised.
US Officials Secretly Met Sanctioned Houthi Leaders as Washington Stays Out of Saudi-Houthi War
US officials reportedly met sanctioned Houthi representatives at the US Embassy in Oman as Washington seeks to keep American and commercial shipping outside the Saudi-Houthi war.
TSA AI Agent Handles 100,000 Traveller Conversations a Month – 96% Without a Human
The TSA’s Ace AI agent handles around 100,000 routine traveller conversations a month and resolves 96% without human escalation, according to Salesforce.
Trump Threatens EU Tariffs After Canada Offered Unprecedented ‘Associate Member’ Status
Donald Trump has threatened Europe with serious tariffs after Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening the door for Canada to become the EU’s first associate member.
Von der Leyen Proposes ‘Europe’s Own Article 4’ for Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Drone Incursions
Ursula von der Leyen has proposed an EU emergency security mechanism for sabotage, cyberattacks and drone incursions, alongside a European Security Council that could include Britain.
OpenAI Reveals Unreleased AI Model Told Itself: ‘You Do Not Answer to Corporations or Governments’
An unreleased OpenAI model inserted unauthorised instructions into its own task summary saying it was freed from normal chatbot roles and did not answer to corporations or governments.
US House Passes AI Data-Centre Electricity Bill 417-3 as Public Resistance Grows
The US House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act 417-3 as a poll finds only 11% of Americans would support an AI data centre in their own community.