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“Power Sits Where the Compute Sits”: PauseAI Chief Maxime Fournes on Who Really Controls Frontier AI

Maxime Fournes, CEO of PauseAI Global, spoke to AI FrontPage after the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, held on 6 and 7 July 2026.

After the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, PauseAI’s global chief tells AI FrontPage that the power to pause frontier AI already exists, and explains why he believes Anthropic built a weapon of mass destruction in the cyber realm.

OpenAI to Create 250 Additional Jobs with New EU Headquarters in Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, Emma Redmond, Associate General Counsel and Head of OpenAI Ireland, and other officials during the announcement of OpenAI's new European Union headquarters in Dublin and plans to create 250 additional jobs in Ireland.

The move marks another step in OpenAI’s European expansion, with a new 88,000-square-foot headquarters in Dublin and 250 new jobs reinforcing its long-term investment in infrastructure, talent and the AI ecosystem across the region.

NVIDIA, SK Group Ink $500B-Plus AI Deal Under South Korea’s $950B AI Bet

Executives from SK Group and NVIDIA gather after announcing a strategic partnership spanning AI factories and next-generation AI memory, including plans for a 2-gigawatt AI Cloud in South Korea and a long-term HBM memory collaboration.

As the AI chip race intensifies, the collaboration spans AI factory construction, AI memory supply and AI cloud infrastructure, combining SK Telecom’s AI infrastructure with SK hynix’s advanced HBM technology to support sovereign, enterprise and physical AI expansion.

Canada Asks Public How Should AI Systems Be Made More Transparent

Canada has opened a public consultation on AI transparency, running from July 23 to September 23, 2026.

Canadian government claimed increased transparency can help Canadians understand when they are interacting with AI systems, help businesses make informed decisions about the AI products they adopt, and give governments and organizations the information they need to develop policies and research that shape the citizens’ experience with AI.

EU AI Act Amendment Takes Effect Today, Delays High-risk Rules to 2027-28, Bans AI Deepfake Nudity

The EU's Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, took effect on 27 July 2026.

The changes adopted through Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 are aimed at reducing compliance burdens, clarifying legal obligations and strengthening safeguards against AI-enabled harms without weakening the bloc’s core protections for health, safety and fundamental rights.

US Tech Giants Turn to South Korea to Lock in Chip Supply for AI Buildout

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung with global tech and business leaders at the San Francisco AI Summit, July 24, 2026.

Samsung and SK Hynix emerged as key players at the San Francisco AI Summit, with NVIDIA, Anthropic, and Broadcom deepening America’s reliance on South Korea’s HBM and semiconductor supply to fuel its AI buildout.

India Backs 20 Indigenous AI Models, Approves 58 Centres of Excellence: IT Ministry

India supports 20 sovereign AI models and has approved 58 AI Centres of Excellence under the IndiaAI Mission, MoS Jitin Prasada told the Rajya Sabha.

The Indian government currently supports 20 indigenous AI models, 12 LLMs and 8 SLMs and has approved 58 AI Centres of Excellence across states and union territories, MoS for Electronics and IT Jitin Prasada informed the Rajya Sabha on July 24.

AI Used Across 68% of Occupations, But for Only 21% of Job Tasks, Google Finds

Representational image of office professionals. Google's AI & Economy ATLAS study found AI is used across 68% of occupations but typically for only about 21% of tasks within a job.Alternative Caption

The study also found that more than 86% of AI interactions occur outside the workplace, while workplace AI use remains focused on collaboration and task assistance, with less than 10% of work-related AI interactions involving full task automation.

US Alleges Moonshot AI Trained Kimi K3 on Anthropic’s Claude Fable; Internet Cries Hypocrisy

US government has accused China based Monnshot AI of distillation against Claude Fable

There has not been any official complaint by Anthropic against Moonshot AI of training their Kimi K3 model through distillation of Claude Fable model.

Legal AI Lacks ‘Legibility,’ Stanford Researchers Call for Public Benchmarking

A Stanford study calls for independent public benchmarking of legal AI systems, arguing that greater transparency is needed to help legal professionals assess the performance, reliability

Beyond technical evaluations, the researchers argue that building trustworthy legal AI requires independent, community-driven benchmarking supported by the right institutions.