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Google Cloud's London zone takes UK banking down with it, the US bars DeepSeek from federal agencies, and Microsoft puts AI agents on the insider-threat list.
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US bans DeepSeek in agencies after the Department of Homeland Security ordered the Chinese company's AI technology removed from federal civilian systems, citing "multiple threat vectors" in its models, in an order published in the Federal Register.
Why it matters The order shuts a widely used, low-cost Chinese AI model out of federal civilian IT and adds to the technology tension between Washington and Beijing.
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Microsoft treats AI agents as insider threats, with new controls that scale back what an agent may do as its assessed risk rises, including blocking changes, requiring human sign-off or shutting it down in Microsoft 365 E7 and Project Perception.
Why it matters Companies deploying autonomous agents are getting built-in tools to limit them, a sign that agent security is becoming a standard enterprise requirement.
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UK watchdog wants AI incident reports as the Financial Conduct Authority asks firms to disclose failures and close calls and to set clear accountability while financial services adopt increasingly autonomous AI agents.
Why it matters Regulators are starting to treat AI mishaps in finance like other reportable incidents, which could shape how firms deploy agents.
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Merz tells Germany to adopt AI at a Berlin industry summit, where Nvidia announced planned investments in four German startups and Jensen Huang discussed industrial AI with the chancellor, Friedrich Merz.
Why it matters Nvidia's investments and the chancellor's backing point to industrial AI as a central part of Germany's economic strategy.
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