- 1Regulation
China Weighs Export Controls on AI Models and Chips as Oversight Tightens
China is considering export controls aimed at limiting the international spread of its AI models and chips as Beijing steps up regulation of its technology sector.
- 2Business
Anthropic Pledged Shares to Benefit a Public Benefit Fund
Anthropic created a wholly owned public benefit unit called the Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, which initially receives 5% of its shares; after every 50% increase in company valuation they may add up to a further 2%.
- 3Tools
Vercel AI Gateway offers unified view for agent sessions and data management
Vercel introduces the Vercel AI Gateway, which provides a unified view of all agent sessions—from personal and coding agents to applications and API keys.
- 4Safety
North Korea says it tested AI-guided 'Zam-2.0' torpedo system
North Korea's state media reported a test of a new torpedo system called Zam-2.0 that purportedly uses artificial intelligence for target detection and guidance.
- 5Model launches
Meta's Muse Spark Open Narrows US–China Open-Model Gap
Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weights model that significantly strengthens American offerings in the open-model space.
- 6Industry
Anthropic finds fewer junior hires, more meetings and human attention as new bottleneck
Anthropic's new internal report, published on Friday, shows marked shifts in its workforce and workflows after intensive AI integration.
- 7Research
How AI Is Learning to Remember, Predict and Make Decisions
Recent developments in AI focus on using computation and memory more selectively: lightweight decision models that run locally, compact multimodal embeddings for better retrieval, and JEPA research that enables planning at multiple scales.
- 8Regulation
U.S. envoy warns of transatlantic fallout over EU satellite‑to‑phone spectrum plans
Andrew Puzder, U.S.
- 9Business
Disney to Hire Majority of Character.AI Staff as Startup Moves Through Bankruptcy
After Character.AI filed for bankruptcy, Disney — where former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand is now chief technology officer — has agreed to hire at least 60 employees and to buy certain assets for $20 million.
- 10Tools
llm-echo 0.5: debug "echo" model adds refined token-usage simulation
llm-echo 0.5 is a new minor release of a debug plugin that simulates a model by echoing prompts instead of running an LLM.
- 11Safety
Stanford PhD student describes AI-designed virus genomes and the attendant risks
Stanford bioengineering PhD candidate Samuel King used a generative AI model in 2025 to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses.
- 12Model launches
GPT-6 Astra Pro receives update in ChatGPT for faster and parallel agent work
OpenAI updated the GPT-6 Astra Pro model in the ChatGPT service: it now provides faster responses, uses plugins and tools more efficiently, and allows multiple agents to work on a task in parallel.
- 13Industry
Musk: AI and Robots, Not Government Cuts, Are the Way to Fix the National Debt
In a new podcast interview with biographer Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk said the failed DOGE experiment showed that the U.S.
- 14Research
Bridging In‑Silico Agents and Wet Labs: Digital Twins, Closed‑Loop Aptamer Cycles and Faster De‑Novo Protein Design
Researchers report progress toward autonomous, agent-driven wet labs by combining a semantic digital twin framework (VERID), closed‑loop aptamer discovery cycles, and accelerated de‑novo protein binder design.
- 15Regulation
Hungary's Education Minister urges EU-wide skills strategy and return to fundamentals
Hungary's Minister for Education and Child Affairs, Lannert Judit, called for a unified European skills strategy and a renewed focus on basic competencies in a social media post after attending an informal EU education ministers' meeting in Dublin.
