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EU AI Act delays, Anthropic soars, and India moves

AI regulation is getting rewritten just as the model race speeds up: Europe is loosening some deadlines, Anthropic is racing toward a trillion-dollar valuation, and India says its AI framework is almost ready. Here are the must-know moves. [3][8][10]

  • European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1198648440
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EU AI Act shift: negotiators reached a provisional Digital Omnibus deal on 7 May, pushing some high-risk deadlines back and adding new bans on AI-generated intimate imagery and CSAM. Big signal: Europe is simplifying, but not softening. [3]

  • Timeline of the EU AI Act  - Feb 2025
  • City Hall, London with many flags in front of it
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Anthropic update: Financial Express says the company is near a $1 trillion valuation after a $65B round, while Opus 4.8 adds a 2.5x fast mode and new workflow controls. The takeaway? Enterprise AI is getting pricier and more powerful at once. [8]

  • Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the Code with Claude developer conference on May 22, 2025, in San Francisco. (Don Feria/AP Content Services for Anthropic)
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India’s AI framework is closing in. Technosports says MeitY is finalizing a light-touch approach built around transparency, bias reduction, and data sovereignty, alongside the IndiaAI Mission’s ₹10,371.92 crore compute push. [10]

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And in the US, Trump backed away from a planned AI safety review order after pressure from tech leaders, according to The Guardian. It is another reminder that AI policy is still being shaped as much by power as by technical risk. [15]

  • How big tech got its way on Trump’s AI executive order
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Which of these AI shifts surprised you most: Europe’s new rules, Anthropic’s surge, India’s framework, or Washington’s retreat? Reply with your pick or repost for someone following the race. [3][8][10][15]

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