China's BrainCo unveiled a brain-to-robot platform at WAIC that lets people control robots by thought alone, via an EEG headset, in under 200ms.

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says a STEM degree still matters in the AI era, and that people who know the fundamentals can use AI tools 10x better.

Around 100 Alphabet Workers Union members rallied at Google’s Mountain View HQ, delivering a 4,500-signature petition for severance and layoff protections.

M seed in Runta, which is rebuilding AI agent infrastructure so companies can run agents safely with sandboxes and guardrails.

Mick Jagger backs AI as a creative tool but draws a hard line at software that imitates the Rolling Stones, as the band releases Foreign Tongues.

Hassabis, Altman and Amodei each published a plan for AI regulation. They agree on independent testing and a US-led body, but split on Washington's role.

Airbus is moving 70 critical apps from AWS to France's Scaleway for digital sovereignty, keeping sensitive data shielded from US extraterritorial law.

Meta will alert parents if a teen discusses suicide or self-harm with Meta AI, amid growing scrutiny of how AI chatbots treat young users.

CoinDesk Research traces crypto exchange evolution through five phases as Binance marks nine years and 316 million users with a super-app strategy.

A Meta-funded Oversight Board study found leading AI models are twice as likely to refuse to criticise repressive governments, shaping political speech.

A Guardian long-read profiles Iason Gabriel, the DeepMind philosopher who has spent nearly a decade working through the ethics of AI inside Google.

Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs launched an AI biosecurity programme to help governments prevent, detect and respond to biological threats.