AI-piloted ‘loyal wingman’ drones dominated the Berlin airshow as Airbus, Boeing, Helsing, and General Atomics pitched Europe’s militaries.

The FT reports OpenAI spent $34bn in 2025 against $13bn revenue, as it readies a confidential IPO targeting a $1tn valuation.

PM Sebastien Lecornu has pledged €655m for AI, including one sovereign chatbot for roughly a million French state employees.

Beijing is expanding its digital-yuan network for cross-border use, the latest step in moving the e-CNY beyond domestic retail.

Upstage CEO Sung Kim says the US order restricting Anthropic’s top models proves South Korea needs its own sovereign AI it cannot be cut off from.

India has temporarily blocked Telegram until 22 June, citing channels selling fraudulent access to a NEET-UG re-exam, with a separate order to disable message editing.

DeepSeek has closed its first outside funding, over $7bn, with founder Liang Wenfeng putting in a controlling share and Tencent and CATL as top backers.

Italy’s AGCM has opened an investigation into Apple over cloud services, examined under the EU’s Digital Markets Act.

Florida’s attorney general sued TikTok, alleging it broke the state’s under-16 social-media law and misled parents, the first big enforcement action under HB 3.

Alibaba launched its first AI models for robots and a new Qwen model built for agents, as China’s tech industry pivots from chatbots to autonomous systems.

India’s TCS will book a $70m charge after the US Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal in a trade-secrets dispute with DXC Technology.

Paris venture studio Rocapine has raised a $13m Series A led by Educapital, after reaching $6m ARR in nine months with wellness apps built to curb screen time.