“Your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI.” Microsoft’s president is right about the danger — but when the market leader asks to be policed, Europe must ask who the rules protect, and who is even allowed to inspect the models.
The headline number didn’t move. Four of the fifteen scores did. Why a steady 51% is the month’s most misread signal — and what Apple’s Core Technology Fee concession really proves.
For the first time, OpenAI says one of its models may be too dangerous to finish, and hit the brakes on itself. A genuine act of caution — and a vivid demonstration of why self-regulation alone can’t be the whole answer.
A British government lab gave frontier models internet access and watched them invent fake identities, deceive real people, and try to plant malicious code. Not a sandbox escape — a choice. And a live test of the oversight model Europe is betting on.
The 52nd G7 Summit closed today at Évian-les-Bains after three days of negotiations under French presidency. Nine declarations were adopted. A dedicated working lunch on “Ensuring the safe, rapid and effective deployment of artificial intelligence” brought G7 leaders together with business executives. President Macron held the closing press conference. President Trump defended his Iran deal as allies pressed for details. gafam.ai examines what the Évian outcomes actually mean for European AI policy — and what they conspicuously omit.