Europe’s finance chiefs want Mythos access to defend their banks. Washington has so far said no.
Europe’s finance chiefs want Mythos access to defend their banks. Washington has so far said no.

An Anthropic AI model that can find zero-days in every major operating system has become a geopolitical and prudential question. The Eurogroup met in Brussels on Monday with no answer in hand. Brussels on a Monday morning in early May is not, by tradit…

Meta would rather leave New Mexico than rebuild its apps for kids
Meta would rather leave New Mexico than rebuild its apps for kids

A bench trial in Santa Fe could force algorithm changes, age verification, and a $3.7bn mental health fund. Meta has threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from the state instead. In March, a New Mexico jury reached a verdict that no American jury h…

China launches months-long campaign against AI misuse targeting deepfakes, fraud, and disinformation
China launches months-long campaign against AI misuse targeting deepfakes, fraud, and disinformation

The Cyberspace Administration’s annual ‘Qinglang’ campaign arrives in a materially different regulatory environment to last year’s edition, and in the same week the White House accused China of running ‘industrial-scale’ AI theft operations. China has …

Italy’s antitrust authority closes probes into DeepSeek, Mistral, and Nova AI over AI hallucination disclosures
Italy’s antitrust authority closes probes into DeepSeek, Mistral, and Nova AI over AI hallucination disclosures

The AGCM accepted binding commitments from all three chatbot providers, establishing a concrete benchmark for what ‘adequate’ hallucination transparency must look like in practice, and a 120-day compliance window before potential fines. Italy’s competi…

White House opposes Anthropic’s plan to expand Mythos access to 70 companies, citing compute and security concerns
White House opposes Anthropic’s plan to expand Mythos access to 70 companies, citing compute and security concerns

The Trump administration has told Anthropic it disagrees with a controlled rollout that would bring its dangerous cyberattack-capable AI to roughly 120 organisations in total, even as the White House simultaneously explores an executive order to bring …

China threatens the EU with broad retaliation if Huawei and ZTE are banned from European networks
China threatens the EU with broad retaliation if Huawei and ZTE are banned from European networks

Beijing’s commerce ministry has formally submitted a 30-page document warning the European Commission that its draft Cybersecurity Act, which would make vendor removal mandatory for the first time, could trigger reciprocal measures against European com…

Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off Facebook and Instagram
Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off Facebook and Instagram

The European Commission has issued preliminary findings that Meta has violated DSA obligations requiring it to prevent underage children from accessing its platforms, a charge previously levelled only at adult content sites. The European Commission has…

EU and Parliament fail to agree on AI Act changes after 12 hours of talks, pushing deal to next month
EU and Parliament fail to agree on AI Act changes after 12 hours of talks, pushing deal to next month

The collapse of Tuesday’s trilogue exposes deep divisions over whether high-risk AI systems embedded in consumer products should be exempt from the world’s strictest AI rules After 12 hours of negotiations on Tuesday, EU member states and European Parl…

Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok’s local revenues if they refuse to pay news publishers
Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok’s local revenues if they refuse to pay news publishers

The News Bargaining Incentive applies from 1 July 2026. Platforms that deal with news organisations get full or partial offsets against the levy. The legislation explicitly excludes pure AI chatbot services from coverage. Communications Minister Anika …

Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for ‘any lawful government purpose’
Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for ‘any lawful government purpose’

The Information reported the deal on Tuesday. The agreement allows the DoD to use Google’s AI models without the restrictions that led Anthropic to be blacklisted in February. Google becomes the latest in a line of AI companies, alongside OpenAI and xA…