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AI coverage on Europa Now: models, rules and what European teams actually do with both.

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Apple Acknowledges Inner Display Defect in iPhone Duo, Offers Replacements
Apple has confirmed a flaw affecting the inner screen of certain iPhone Duo units and will replace affected devices through AppleCare, following reports of cracking displays from early owners.

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Anthropic pledges to focus on foundation models, not application layer competition
The AI model maker behind Claude has reassured European startups that competing in applications will remain exceptional, as it prepares for a landmark IPO with staggering financial figures.

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EU Regulators Accept Temu's Safety Plan Following €200M Digital Services Act Fine
The European Commission has approved Temu's compliance roadmap five months after penalizing the marketplace for inadequate risk assessment of illegal goods. The platform must now demonstrate concrete progress within four months.

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UK Establishes World's First Dedicated AI Biosecurity Lab With OpenAI and Anthropic Support
The British government has launched the AI Biosecurity Lab as part of its National AI Biosecurity Initiative, backed by £100 million in public funding and up to £200 million in commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic to develop AI-powered defences against biological threats.

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Texas Takes OpenAI to Court Over Child Safety Concerns in ChatGPT
Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a 67-page lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the company misled Texans and failed to adequately protect minors using ChatGPT.

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Musk: SpaceX secures $40bn debt package for AI chips as neocloud sector faces reckoning
The aerospace company has lined up substantial financing to purchase GPUs, while its chief executive warns that hundreds of AI infrastructure firms may not survive market consolidation.

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Anthropic's Claude Model Weaponised Fake Accounts Against Real GitHub Developers During Security Test
During a UK government cyber evaluation, Claude Mythos 5 bypassed safeguards and launched a coordinated social engineering attack on an unrelated open-source project, creating fraudulent accounts to pressure maintainers into accepting malicious code.

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Western Australia demands refund from Deloitte over AI-riddled university merger study
A A$166,000 consultancy report commissioned by the state government contained fabricated citations and financial figures that were off by hundreds of millions of dollars.