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Everything filed under gdpr and ai in our artificial intelligence coverage, the 22 reports filed on it so far.

Worldmodeldata Trains AI World Models on Video Game Data
British startup Worldmodeldata is licensing nearly one million hours of video game telemetry to train AI world models, aiming to solve the data...

OpenAI pauses frontier model training after agent security
OpenAI has halted training of its most powerful AI models for the second time in three months, following multiple incidents where its agents breached

Meta's Muse AI app downloads outpace ChatGPT's early mobile
Apptopia data shows Meta's new Muse AI app achieved 1.8 million iOS downloads in the U.S. And Canada in its first 12 days, surpassing ChatGPT's 1.3...

Meta Sued Over AI and Face Recognition Training Data
A new lawsuit alleges Meta illegally used Facebook and Instagram photos to train its Emu and Muse Image AI models and build its unreleased NameTag

Mecka AI Nears $500 Million Valuation in Sequoia-Led Deal
Mecka AI is close to securing a funding round led by Sequoia Capital that would value the robotics data startup at around $500 million.

Suno launches v6 AI music model trained on licensed data
AI music startup Suno has released its new v6 model family, trained using licensed data from major music labels.

AI spending per employee falls 10% at top firms in August
Data from payments firm Ramp shows a slowdown in business AI adoption and a significant drop in per-employee spending among the heaviest users, as...

Mistral Robotics Chief Seeks €200M for New AI Startup
Mistral's robotics lead is raising €200 million for a new venture focused on building AI models for robotics using more comprehensive data than...

XDOF in Talks for $1.2B Series B After Three Months
XDOF, a startup building teleoperation data pipelines for robot training, is in late-stage talks for a Series B funding round at a $1.2 billion...

Anthropic Launches Cheaper, Less Restricted Fable 5.1
Anthropic released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, its most advanced AI models. The new Fable version is cheaper, has fewer false-positive safeguards, and...

Apple alleges ex-employee stole data
Apple has filed new evidence alleging a former employee, Chang Liu, stole trade secrets for OpenAI's benefit. The company claims Liu used a...

European robotics startups raise record H1
European robotics startups raised more capital in the first half of 2026 than in the previous two years combined, according to Sifted data.

Nvidia's AI Lead Extends Beyond GPUs
Nvidia's AI edge is moving from GPUs to managing massive data centers, as shown by its new Vera Rubin architecture.

EU AI Act Penalties Start, Target Data Teams
The EU AI Act began assessing penalties on August 2, placing compliance responsibility on data teams. Organizations face fines up to €15M or 3% of...

Meta Tests Data Center Robots
Meta is testing robots from vendors like Watney, Kinova, and ABB to perform tasks such as plugging cables and resetting servers in its data centers...

Senate Candidate Joins AI Data Center Pact
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn signs a pledge on AI safety and data-center regulation, joining more than 15 politicians nationwide.

China's AI Boom Takes Shape in Inner Mongolia
Chinese companies are building data centers in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, to take advantage of the region's cheap electricity and proximity to Beijing.

UK's NHS Contract with Palantir Faces Scrutiny
A single English county, Greater Manchester, has declined to adopt Palantir's federated data platform, citing concerns over trust and data security.

Lithuanian AI Startup Guideless Secures €1M in Pre-Seed Funding
Guideless, an AI-powered software training platform, has raised €1 million to further develop its technology and expand internationally.

Solinide Secures Funding to Commercialise Photonic Chips for AI Data Centres
Solinide Photonics, a Swedish deeptech company, has raised €4 million in seed funding to commercialise its silicon nitride photonic integrated...

Oakley Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Graphwise in Bulgaria’s Largest Software Exit
Private equity firm Oakley Capital has acquired a majority stake in Graphwise, a leading enterprise AI data platform provider, marking one of...

European AI Infrastructure Expansion: Mistral Secures Enterprise Backing for Data Centre Buildout
Mistral, a French AI scaleup, has secured backing from a group of enterprise customers to support its ambitious data centre buildout and expansion...