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June 3 1600 UTC Brief
In tech and business
Britain has tightened protections for publishers over Google’s AI Overviews, aiming to curb how the feature uses publisher content in Great Britain. It is a reminder that the modern internet still runs on other people’s work, which turns out to matter.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman is due to meet lawmakers and White House officials in Washington this week, including people involved in President Trump’s latest order on government AI testing. Meanwhile, AI music platform Suno says it has raised $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation.
In Europe and trade
The EU is preparing to increase pressure on Chinese industrial overcapacity in the bloc, even as Beijing threatens retaliation. The EU trade chief is set to meet China’s envoy as the dispute escalates.
Turkey’s foreign minister and Indonesia’s president also discussed expanding their $10 billion trade target, with cooperation on defence, energy, transportation and halal food among the areas on the table.
In politics and public order
UK ministers have condemned violent protests that followed the killing of student Henry Nowak. The case has also been pulled into the usual swirl of online claims about policing, including the familiar “two-tier” theory that some people somehow never get tired of repeating.
In the United States, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans may have enough votes to advance a $72 billion budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday, setting up an amendment marathon that could run into Thursday morning. Separately, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is headed to a November runoff, while the president’s preferred candidate for governor lost in Iowa.
In public safety and the courts
FBI agents fatally shot a suspected hostage-taker in Bakersfield, California, ending a 12-hour standoff. Police said the man was holding hostages inside a building that houses a bank branch and a school district office.
In Britain, a former police constable says she has gone into hiding after being falsely identified online as one of the officers involved in Henry Nowak’s arrest. She says social media and AI platforms spread the claim, which put her at risk.
In science and the environment
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed a 3D-printable, yeast-based material that could be used in architectural and interior design. It is intended as a bio-based alternative to fossil-based or non-renewable materials for screens, partitions and wall systems.
Scientists are also warning that deep-sea mining could permanently damage fragile marine ecosystems, especially in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific, a vast abyssal plain rich in polymetallic nodules. The sea, it seems, was not waiting around for an industrial makeover.
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