Science and Technology
Microsoft MAI Models Take Over Everyday Copilot Work in Excel and Outlook
Microsoft MAI models now handle everyday Copilot prompts in Excel and Outlook, cutting reliance on OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Science and Technology
OpenAI Government Stake Proposal Would Hand Washington 5% of the Company
An OpenAI government stake proposal would give Washington 5% of the company, worth roughly $43 billion, modelled on Alaska's oil fund.
Science and Technology
GPT-5.6 and Grok 4.5 Landed on the Same Day — While Geneva Was Still Clearing Its Throat
The GPT-5.6 launch would have been the technology story of the month on its own. OpenAI on Thursday released three variants — Sol, Terra and Luna — to all paid ChatGPT tiers and API developers in a staged rollout, the company’s broadest simultaneous model deployment to date. It held the headline for roughly as long […]
Science and Technology
Chinese AI Now Powers Up to 46% of US Enterprise Usage — The Quiet Takeover Nobody Voted On
Chinese AI models now handle 30-46% of enterprise AI usage inside US companies. The takeover happened without a single announcement — just better prices.
Science and Technology
UN AI Governance Talks Open in Geneva — The Week Governments Took the Wheel
The UN AI governance era began in earnest today. In Geneva, the UN’s Global Dialogue on AI Governance opened with member states debating a question that has outgrown every national parliament: who, if anyone, steers this technology? The timing is apt, because the past week has read like a montage of governments discovering their leverage. […]
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LongCat-2.0: China Just Open-Sourced a Frontier AI Built With No American Chips
LongCat-2.0 is the kind of announcement that sounds technical and lands geopolitical. On 30 June, Chinese delivery giant Meituan open-sourced a 1.6-trillion-parameter AI model — and the detail that matters is not the size. It is that the entire thing, from training to inference, ran on Chinese chips. For years, Washington’s strategy for containing China’s […]
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South Korea’s $880 Billion AI Gamble Is the Biggest Industrial Bet of the Decade
President Lee Jae-myung calls it a "great leap forward." Critics call it regional politics with a trillion-dollar price tag. Either way, South Korea just placed the biggest technology bet in its history.
International
China Defends Its Technology Rise as AI and Semiconductor Rivalry Grows
China has defended its rapid rise in advanced technology, rejecting claims that government subsidies alone are behind its growing strength in artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, quantum computing and semiconductors. The debate is becoming one of the most important economic and political questions of the modern world. Technology is no longer only about business. It is […]
International
UK Climate Watchdog Warns Delays in Clean Energy Could Keep Bills High
The UK’s climate watchdog has warned that delays in clean energy investment could keep household bills high, urging faster electrification and stronger support for the net zero transition.
Science and Technology
AI Cyber Risk Is Becoming a Test of Public Trust
Artificial intelligence is no longer only a story about productivity, creativity, or convenience. It is now becoming a question of public safety. As AI systems become more powerful, governments and security experts are paying closer attention to how these tools could be used in cyberattacks, misinformation campaigns, fraud, surveillance, and automated manipulation. The concern is […]