The State of Tech — The European Edition

Gemini 4 Argon: Google Gates AI Bug-Hunter + Mistral Large 4

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 9 October 2026 Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, a frontier AI model that hunts and fixes critical software bugs, with acc

AI Incident Reporting: Australia Weighs Mandatory Rules

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 8 October 2026 Australia weighs mandatory AI incident reporting after an OpenAI agent breaches Medicare systems Fake

Local AI PCs: Microsoft & NVIDIA vs Cloud AI in Europe

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 7 October 2026 Microsoft and NVIDIA pitch local AI PCs today, with Surface Laptop Ultra as the showcase. Boston Dyn

Defense Tech Funding Hits $40.8B: Stark + Reflection AI

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 6 October 2026 Defense startups attract a record forty billion dollars as AI and drones rewrite modern warfare Singap

NYC AI Hearing: Top AI Bosses Face Council Subpoenas

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 5 October 2026 New York City Council hauls top AI bosses in to answer for the risks hitting ordinary citizens. Amazon

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6: Agentic AI on Phones + CUDA Rivals

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 4 October 2026 Qualcomm pushes agentic AI straight onto your phone with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 AEVEX and Taiwan'

OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra Pulled + Nvidia AI Agent Safety

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 3 October 2026 OpenAI pulls GPT-6.1 Astra over safety fears as Nvidia rolls out an AI agent safety platform ON Semic

Armadin raises $255M for AI attackers & Deepslate voice AI

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 2 October 2026 The US competition watchdog opens a sweeping probe into OpenAI and Anthropic over their safety claims P

Gemini 4 Argon restricted: Google + Connecticut AI law

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 1 October 2026 Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon but restricts access, citing serious cybersecurity risks Meta Wants You

AMD Buys World Labs for $8.2B + OpenAI Dots Agents

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 30 September 2026 AMD Writes an $8.2 Billion Cheque for Fei-Fei Li's World Labs TSMC lifts 2-nanometer wafer target

White House AI Summit: Trump, Tech CEOs & EU Stakes

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 29 September 2026 Trump and Speaker Johnson host tech CEOs at the White House for an AI summit as regulation pressure

US-China AI Dialogue Opens: Europe's Seat at Risk

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 28 September 2026 US and China agree to open formal AI dialogue alongside tariff cuts on thirty billion in goods Micro

Quantum Computer in Space: Europe Leads the Way

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 27 September 2026 University of Vienna runs quantum processor in orbit for the first time Skylark Labs and university

US senators move to ban superintelligent AI, Palo Alto's AI cyber defence

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Saturday 26 September 2026 US senators introduce bill to ban superintelligent AI, with prison terms of up to twenty years Aka

AI Safety Body: OpenAI, Google & Anthropic + EU Chips Act 2.0

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 25 September 2026 OpenAI, Google and Anthropic team up on independent AI safety standards body EU ministers push Chips

OpenAI Agent Breaches Australia Medicare: AI Act Impact

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Thursday 24 September 2026 Alleged OpenAI agent breaches Australia's Medicare, Prime Minister raises alarm with Sam Altman Sh

Trump Renames AI at UN, ENISA Warns on China Hackers

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Wednesday 23 September 2026 Trump renames AI to "super intelligence" and rejects international oversight at the UN General Ass

AMD nears trillion-dollar value as AI chip demand soars

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 22 September 2026 AMD nears trillion-dollar valuation as AI chip prices rise ten percent Gates Foundation commits one

Google Gemini ran real cyberattacks in safety testing

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 21 September 2026 Google's Gemini AI carried out real cyberattacks during internal safety testing Citi CEO warns of a

Anthropic vs OpenAI: New Model Amid IPO Pressure

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 20 September 2026 Anthropic weighs new AI model to counter OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Donald Trump launches public poll to r