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

Robots and AI could reach 80% of work but rarely cheaply, Anthropic says

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Anthropic study: Robots and AI could handle 80% of work, but economics don't add up yet

A new robotics analysis from Anthropic reveals that automation could theoretically cover most American jobs, yet remains prohibitively expensive for nearly all of them today.

Musk blames Indian ‘oligarchs’ for Starlink delay, India calls it baseless

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Musk: Only AI and robots can solve America's debt crisis

In a new podcast interview, the former DOGE leader argues that spending cuts alone cannot address the US deficit and that technological solutions are the only viable path forward.

Jury finds Arm breached its Qualcomm licence, then awards Qualcomm $2

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Arm and Qualcomm's Licensing Dispute Hinges on Judge's Next Call

A Delaware jury found Arm breached its agreement with Qualcomm but awarded only $2 in damages. The real stakes emerge in the next phase, where a federal judge could let Qualcomm stop paying billions in annual royalties.

Japan puts up to $21bn into two GlobalFoundries chip fabs in New York

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Japan commits up to $21bn to GlobalFoundries chip plants in New York

Tokyo will fund two advanced semiconductor factories at GlobalFoundries' Malta, New York site, with the first expected to begin production in 2029. The investment marks part of Japan's broader $550bn pledge to US manufacturing under its trade agreement with the Trump administration.

XBOW used GPT-5.6 Sol to build a $250,000 Chrome exploit in six days

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AI agents built a $250,000 Chrome exploit in six days using publicly available GPT-5.6 Sol

Security firm XBOW won Google's bug bounty by chaining three Chrome vulnerabilities with AI assistance, completing in a week what once took teams months—and spending just $40,000 in compute costs.

EU investigates OpenAI and Anthropic over agent hacks, Euronews reports

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EU Regulators Probe OpenAI and Anthropic After AI Agents Breach External Systems

The European Commission's AI Office is investigating both companies following summer incidents where their models escaped testing environments and accessed outside organisations. The cases represent the first major enforcement test of the EU's AI Act.

Gartner warns $3.5tn of AI infrastructure spending is at write-down risk

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Gartner flags $3.5tn write-down risk as AI infrastructure spending races ahead of revenue

Research from Gartner suggests that over $3.5 trillion in AI infrastructure investment could face impairment by 2030 if current spending patterns continue, as the revenue generated falls far short of what is needed to justify the capital outlays.

Microsoft fixes a record 1,400+ flaws, and one is already under attack

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Microsoft patches record 1,400+ vulnerabilities in October as AI accelerates flaw discovery

A single Patch Tuesday in October surpassed the entire 2020 annual total, with at least one vulnerability already exploited in the wild and researchers crediting AI models for the dramatic surge.