I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines."
—Claude Shannon
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced the partnership, which extends Claude access to California’s local governments and includes free workforce training, technical assistance and workflow support from Anthropic developers.
The two labs, led by the University of Oxford and University College London, will share up to £60 million to develop more efficient, reliable and accessible AI technologies.
The event will announce the theme and further details of the 2027 Geneva AI Summit, which will emphasise international law and fundamental rights in the development and deployment of AI systems.
The UN is bringing together governments and other AI stakeholders in Geneva for its first General Assembly-mandated global dialogue. The talks come as many countries struggle to keep pace with rapid advances in AI.
The AI industry depends on advanced semiconductors, and a small island plays an outsized role in producing them. Taiwan accounts for more than 90% of global leading-edge chip manufacturing and for over 60% of global foundry revenue, according to the U.S. International Trade Administration.
The U.S. senator proposed taxes on AI companies and data centers, arguing that the gains from AI should be shared more broadly rather than concentrated among a handful of firms and investors.
Amnesty International said leading AI models rely on unlawful web scraping and pose risks to privacy, human rights and the environment. The group urged governments to prohibit systems built using such practices.
Despite billions in US investment and China’s domestic chip push, Taiwan remains the chokepoint in the US-China AI race, with advanced chips, compute infrastructure, and semiconductor power still running through the island.
India has launched a new international AI accountability initiative amid growing global debate over regulating autonomous AI systems, while also signalling a stronger push from the Global South to shape future AI governance frameworks.
Jensen Huang hitched a last-minute ride to Beijing on Air Force One. He left without a single H200 chip shipped to a cleared Chinese customer. The Trump-Xi summit produced warm photographs, a tariff truce, and no resolution on the three things that actually move the AI race, chips, rare earths, and a safety channel between the two governments.
