More than 60 tech funding deals worth over €2.7 billion were tracked in Europe last week, with artificial intelligence, healthtech, and software being the top industries. Germany, Sweden, and the UK led the countries with the most funding. The Tech.eu Funding Explorer provides deeper insights into funding data, investor activity, and market trends.

Xi Jinping promoted a vision of low-cost, broadly accessible AI and called for international cooperation at China's World AI Conference. Chinese models are gaining traction worldwide, with a record 60% share of US firms' AI usage on OpenRouter. Beijing is balancing openness with national security as models grow more capable.

Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis is calling for a US-led AI standards body to review frontier models for national security risks. The proposed body would be a federally overseen public-private organization, initially voluntary and eventually mandatory for US deployment. This move aims to address risks associated with artificial general intelligence, including cybersecurity and biological threats.

Anthropic, the world's most valuable AI company, has made a groundbreaking discovery in mechanistic interpretability, shedding light on the inner workings of its AI models. This breakthrough has significant implications for the AI industry, developers, and businesses. The company's research has the potential to revolutionize the way we understand and interact with AI systems.

OpenAI has launched GPT-5.6, a new family of models that promises to deliver more intelligence from every token, stronger performance per dollar, and more capability on demand. The models have been trained to get more useful work from every token and have achieved state-of-the-art results across various fields. GPT-5.6 sets a new standard for both intelligence and efficiency, outperforming previous and competing frontier models with fewer tokens and at lower estimated cost.

OpenAI introduces GPT-5.6, a groundbreaking AI model that sets new standards for intelligence and efficiency. This model achieves state-of-the-art results in various fields, outperforming previous models at lower costs. GPT-5.6 is available in three variants: Sol, Terra, and Luna, catering to different needs and budgets.