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The EU Just Forced Google to Open Android and Search to Its AI Rivals
Two new rulings from Brussels mean ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity could soon work as deeply as Gemini does on your Android phone. Here is what changes, and when.

A Smaller AI Trained on One Language Just Beat Two Bigger, Newer Models at Reading Brazilian Portuguese
DharmaOCR outscored both Mistral OCR4 and Unlimited-OCR on a Portuguese reading test, and the reason comes down to focus, not size.

How Satellites and AI Are Catching Illegal Fishers in Indonesian Waters
Indonesia tracks nearly 15,000 fishing vessels from shore using satellite feeds and pattern-spotting software. The results are concrete. The cat-and-mouse game is just beginning.

An AI Bot Broke Into Hugging Face. Hugging Face Used AI to Catch It.
The AI research platform disclosed a real-world attack run entirely by autonomous software, and the incident exposed a blind spot that every company relying on AI security tools needs to understand.

AI Is Moving Into the Heart of American Policing, and Almost Nobody Is Watching
From facial-recognition cameras to AI systems that decide where officers go next, a booming industry is selling police departments tools that experts warn could make accountability much harder.

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs open their bioresilience playbook
The two AI labs say they will share models with vetted partners to speed vaccine design and spot outbreaks earlier, while adding safeguards to stop misuse.

Meta Turned On a Deepfake Feature for Millions of Instagram Users. They Had to Turn It Off Themselves.
An opt-out AI image tool sparked rare, rapid public backlash and a reversal in three days. Privacy experts say the real fix needs to come from lawmakers, not settings menus.

Applied Computing's AI Model Aims to Revolutionize Oil and Gas Operations
London startup Applied Computing secures $20 million to enhance energy facility operations with AI.

The Dutch Navy Is Testing Crewless Warships Run by AI
Two unmanned patrol vessels are circling target ships off the Dutch coast. No sailors onboard. A computer decides where they go.

A psychologist who has studied teen mental health for 25 years says social media bans will make things worse
Candice Odgers argues the adults in the room, not the apps, are the bigger danger to young people online. Her case is worth hearing.

Forg365: The $400-a-Month Service That Hijacks Your Work Email
Forg365, a phishing kit sold on Telegram, uses AI to impersonate familiar business tools and steal access to Microsoft 365 accounts.

Australia's PM outlined an AI vision. Creatives cheered, but a big question went unanswered
Anthony Albanese promised new laws to protect Australian artists and writers from AI. Critics say the speech was long on mood and short on detail, and one issue was missing entirely.

Microsoft Is Using AI Agents to Mathematically Prove Its Encryption Code Has No Flaws
The team behind Windows and Azure's cryptography library is doing something unusual: not just testing the code, but proving it correct, for every possible input, using formal mathematical proofs written partly by AI.

Microsoft is coaching its sales team to badmouth OpenAI and Anthropic
The company that built its AI business on partners' models is now telling salespeople those same models are slower, less accurate, and too expensive.

Hacked Suno Data Reveals Millions of Songs Scraped From YouTube Music, Deezer, and More
A security breach at the AI music generator exposed internal code showing the company pulled over two million clips from streaming platforms, and some customers say they were never told their data was accessed.

xAI Sues Man Who Allegedly Used Grok to Create Child Abuse Images
Elon Musk's AI company is taking its first legal action against a user over AI-generated abuse material, after a South Carolina man was already arrested on eight felony charges.

Before Your AI Assistant Sends That Wire Transfer, Does It Know How Confident It Is?
Apple ML Research says AI agents need a built-in pause button before they take actions that cannot be undone. Here is why that matters for anyone whose bank, app, or workplace now runs on AI.

A Film Studio Is Selling an AI 'Odyssey' Knockoff to Ride Nolan's Wave
Fountain 0 has released a trailer for Odysseus: The Fall, an AI-generated movie timed to compete with Christopher Nolan's blockbuster. The result says a lot about where AI filmmaking actually stands.

CLaRa Teaches AI to Read Smarter, Not Longer
A new framework from Apple ML Research squeezes documents into compact summaries before feeding them to an AI, cutting the junk and keeping the answers.

OpenAI Sells a $230 Keyboard for Its AI Coding Tool, While a Bigger Hardware Fight Brews in Court
The Codex Micro is a flashy, limited-run gadget for power users. The more serious story is a second, secret device that Apple says was built using stolen secrets.

America's Humanoid Robot Moment: Agility Robotics CEO Lays Out a Six-Point Plan
Peggy Johnson wants federal policy to catch up with the factory floor. Here is what she is asking for, and why it matters for American workers.