Today's trail

Asian shares mixed as AI-data centres slide on regulation worries

Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday as regional chipmaking shares slumped on expectations of tighter tech oversight. Technology stocks slumped in South Korea and Japan on concerns that a Democratic-led US Congress could push for tighter regulation of AI development and data centre construction,

AI agent autonomy remains an elusive work in progress

IT leaders have begun to deploy autonomous agents for low-risk functions, but most don't trust the technology to operate without human oversight in business-critical scenarios yet.

An Anthropic engineer warns about 'cognitive surrender' as AI agents take over his work

"When you can't explain the answer to a question, even by way of your agent, you've ceded ownership," Claude Code engineer Addy Osmani wrote.

Democrats are fired up on AI. Consensus is harder.

Any major AI safety and testing legislation in the Senate would come from the Senate Commerce Committee. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the committee's top Democrat, has been pushing for a bill that would mandate independent testing of AI models before their release.

Revolut turns to self-hosted AI to cut coding costs tenfold over Claude

SailPoint: Anarchy reigns over enterprise agentic AI

Democrats, Often Cautious About AI, Won the Midterms. Should You Really Buy AI Stocks Right Now?

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have soared over the past few years, driving gains in the S&P 500, and the momentum has continued this year -- to a certain degree. Many of these players continue to advance, but the path has involved downs as well as ups.

Sentra Raises $150 Million To Secure Data From AI Agents In Growing Enterprise AI Adoption

Sentra raises $150 million led by Capital One Ventures to protect enterprise data from AI agents. This is what it means for AI security.

OpenAI May Release ChatGPT 6.2 Sol and Astra Models on Friday

EU launches €525M platform to back European chip design start-ups

The European Commission has launched a €525M chip design platform, with grants of up to €16m for start-ups bringing their own chips to market.