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10-day Lebanon-Israel cease-fire goes into effect. US-Iran deal will take months, Gulf and Europe officials say—AND MORE
New York Times: A 10-day cease-fire went into effect at midnight on Friday morning in Lebanon. The truce…

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Anthropic’s hacking tech exposes EU AI Office weaknesses
Politico Europe: The European Union unit tasked with scrutinizing Anthropic’s new elite hacking AI model lacks access to the technology and…
Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it took them 2 minutes to break it.
Politico Europe: Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is…
Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins forced out over Mandelson vetting row
The Guardian: The Guardian understands that Robbins was told he had to resign after prime minister Keir Starmer and foreign secretary Yvette…
Nervous Indian fintechs push Anthropic for access to Mythos
Bloomberg: “We had an urgent call with Anthropic to check when they’re creating a second list of companies that will get access to Mythos,”…
MAGA figures pushing Trump’s campaign to grab Greenland. But it’s tough sledding
Reuters: A small group of Trump allies have targeted a hallowed dogsledding event in Greenland. They’re dangling the possibility of big…
Cyberwar’s new frontier: How AI agents will threaten global security
Foreign Affairs: The same properties that make AI agents so capable are the ones that make them difficult to stop…
Xi welcomes slew of world leaders as Trump fights with allies
Bloomberg: President Xi Jinping is wrapping up what’s been an unusually busy week of diplomacy in Beijing, showcasing the fervent interest of…
US to delay weapons deliveries to some European countries due to Iran war
Reuters: The delays underline the degree to which the war against Iran, which began with U.S.-Israeli air strikes on February 28, has begun…
Inside China’s probe of Meta’s ‘conspiratorial’ $2bn Manus deal
Financial Times: Chinese regulators have since mobilised across multiple agencies to review the transaction, drawing in bodies including the…
Public health veteran is Trump’s pick to lead CDC as administration shifts tone on vaccines
CNN: Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination to lead the embattled agency came just hours after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.…
Data centre delays threaten to choke AI expansion
Financial Times: The bottlenecks are emerging as a key constraint on how quickly companies can turn vast spending on AI into revenue, raising…
$10 billion startup training AI to replace white-collar workforce
Bloomberg: Mercor is promising to replicate most professional work. It was also co-founded by twentysomethings who previously never held a…
Latest AI models could threaten world banking system, financial officials warn
Financial Times: Senior international financial officials have warned the latest AI models from US tech companies could threaten the world…
Era of solo unicorn is near
Bloomberg: Thanks to AI hype, a billion-dollar startup with one person on the payroll could quickly go from fantasy to reality…
Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons resigns, a year into Trump’s deportation campaign
Washington Post: “This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one for me and my family at this time,” Lyons wrote to Homeland…
Sam Altman’s side hustles blur line between OpenAI’s interests and his own
Wall Street Journal: Ahead of a planned IPO, Altman’s personal investments remain opaque, making it hard to spot any conflicts…
White House moves to give US agencies Anthropic Mythos access
Bloomberg: The US government is preparing to make a version of Anthropic PBC’s powerful new artificial intelligence model available to major…
Former British ambassador to US Peter Mandelson failed vetting but Foreign Office overruled decision
The Guardian: Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by the Foreign Office to ensure he could…
Bill ‘against foreign interference’ announced by Macron, one year before presidential election
Le Monde: These instances of interference “have sometimes affected you ,” he told the newly elected municipal officials from the March…
Could digital twin make you into ‘superworker’?
BBC: Who owns an AI digital twin – the employer or the employee? Should people using them get paid more, since they’re able to do…
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