Pentagon Confirms Use of xAI's Grok in Iran Military Operations

Google DeepMind has published an AI Control Roadmap focused on securing internal systems that deploy AI agents, combining traditional safeguards with real-time monitoring approaches. The roadmap addresses the challenge of maintaining control over increasingly autonomous AI systems as they take on more complex tasks. This represents a shift toward proactive security frameworks designed to prevent misuse or unintended behavior in production AI agent deployments.

French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised concerns at the G7 summit that the U.S. could unilaterally cut off access to American AI systems, a risk underscored by a recent Anthropic blackout. The incident highlights growing geopolitical tensions over AI dependency and control, with major economies worried about relying on U.S.-based AI providers that could be subject to American policy decisions or technical failures.

NVIDIA and HPE are expanding their AI Factory partnership to support agentic AI in production environments. New offerings include the NVIDIA Vera CPU for agent workloads, the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit integrated with HPE Private Cloud AI, and NVIDIA Confidential Computing across the full HPE AI Factory portfolio. The Vera CPU will ship in 2027 with HPE ProLiant servers, while agent governance and security capabilities are available now.

The Trump administration warned Anthropic on Friday that it needs a license to provide its latest AI models to foreign persons, including its own employees. The move has triggered concerns across the AI industry that the government is targeting foreign talent reliance. OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon said the company has told the government that building competitive AI requires global talent and that the situation remains fluid with many unknowns.