French AI startup Mistral hunts $1 billion from Abu Dhabi investors as Europe pushes for tech independence. The France-UAE partnership challenges US-China AI dominance, but questions remain about true sovereignty when foreign funds drive domestic innovation.
Someone used AI to clone Marco Rubio's voice and contacted foreign ministers, a US governor, and Congress members through Signal. The scammer left convincing voicemails targeting high-level officials. Government security gaps revealed.
Meta hired Apple's key AI executive for tens of millions annually. Ruoming Pang built Apple Intelligence, then left for Meta. Apple now considers outsourcing Siri to OpenAI. When talent costs more than products, something shifted in AI.
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