Sources: the UK has delayed proposals to regulate AI, with plans to introduce an AI bill in 2026 to address concerns about issues like safety and copyright (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
A cautionary note about private power, monopolies, and relying on private entities:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/07/trump-musk-feud-power?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Brazil’s ANPD Preliminary Study on Generative AI highlights the dual nature of data protection law: balancing rights with technological innovation
https://fpf.org/blog/brazils-anpd-prel
Trump Wants the U.S. to Manufacture Drones and Flying Cars (Samuel Larreal/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/technology/trump-executive-orders-drones-flying-cars
http://www.memeorandum.com/250606/p145#a250606p145
An interview with Leah Belsky, OpenAI's VP of Education, as the startup competes with Google and others to offer premium AI tools to universities and students (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technol…
NASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump's feud with Musk (Christian Davenport/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/07/trump-musk-spacex-nasa-national-security/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250607/p35#a250607p35
Boulder, CO-based quantum computing startup Infleqtion raised a $100M Series C and partnered with US government services contractor SAIC to pursue defense deals (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/quantum
Chinese startups and tech giants are racing to create AI agents for both local and global consumers, following the popularity of Butterfly Effect's Manus (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/05/1117958/china-ai-a…
White House security staff warned Musk's Starlink is a security risk (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/07/starlink-white-house-security-doge-musk/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ5MjY4ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNjUxMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDkyNjg4MDAsImp0aSI6IjFkMjZiM2ZmLWI1NWUtNDNiYS1iZDY4LWMyMWY3YWFhYTJhZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9sb2d5LzIwMjUvMDYvMDcvc3Rhcmxpbmstd2hpdGUtaG91c2Utc2VjdXJpdHktZG9nZS1tdXNrLyJ9.HUMCoxKyZvfEtXsaid9wL2eW6I6JPvmH_8-vp_Yeoz4&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250607/p15#a250607p15