Top AI CEOs, including Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, are urging G7 leaders to form a U.S.-led global AI coalition to set international standards, as national security fears over advanced AI cyber capabilities intensify and export controls hit Anthropic's latest models.
Tech CEOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind join world leaders at the G7 summit in France, marking a historic power shift as governments now depend on private AI executives to shape credible global policy on frontier AI risks, child safety, and cybersecurity.
The US government threatens Anthropic with criminal and civil penalties for exporting its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models without authorization, forcing the company to disable both models worldwide as it scrambles to negotiate a resolution with the Trump administration.
The US Commerce Department imposes sweeping export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models over national security fears, barring all foreign nationals from access, as the powerful new models are simultaneously exposing a deepening enterprise cybersecurity crisis that could cost billions in damages.
A new poll of 18,000 people across 15 countries reveals a dramatic shift in global AI perception, with China now seen as the frontrunner over the US in key Western nations, as American optimism toward AI plummets from 39% to 31% and Chinese labs close the performance gap with cost-efficient, …
Anthropic's most powerful AI models, Mythos and Fable, are taken offline after the Trump administration imposes export controls, alleging the company knowingly deployed jailbreak-vulnerable models in violation of a cyber executive order, with high-stakes meetings now underway between Anthropic and top government officials.
French AI startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise $3.5 billion in a new funding round that could value the company at $23 billion, nearly doubling its previous $13 billion valuation as it races to compete against US and Chinese AI rivals.
Meta erects a strict firewall between itself and Chinese-founded AI service Manus, barring staff access to internal systems and prohibiting use of Manus tools, as a $2 billion acquisition deal collapses amid opposition from Beijing.
Microsoft is cutting up to 400 Azure cloud jobs in China, with employees in Beijing and Shanghai losing their roles on July 6 as tightening U.S. and Chinese data regulations continue to squeeze the tech giant's operations in the region.
Standard Bots hits a $1 billion valuation after raising $200 million led by General Catalyst and RoboStrategy, accelerating US robotic arm manufacturing as competition with China in AI-powered robotics intensifies.