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Google says it will sign the European Union's General Purpose AI Code of Practice, joining other major companies, including US-based model providers. The announcement came in a blog post.

At the same time, Google is warning that parts of the EU's upcoming AI Act could have unintended consequences. The company points to issues like requirements that go beyond existing EU copyright law, delays in approval processes, or demands to disclose trade secrets.

"We remain concerned that the AI Act and Code risk slowing Europe’s development and deployment of AI."

OpenAI said that it plans to sign the code, viewing it as a practical path to meet EU rules and expand in the region. Meta, on the other hand, has so far refused to sign, and Anthropic has not yet commented.

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Reuters reports that Nvidia has ordered 300,000 H20 chips from TSMC after the Trump administration lifted its sales ban to China in July. Previously, the company had planned to rely only on existing inventory, which sources say currently totals between 600,000 and 700,000 chips. The H20 chip was developed specifically for the Chinese market, since more powerful models like the H100 are still subject to export restrictions. However, the US government has not yet approved the necessary export licenses for these new chips. Nvidia is now asking Chinese customers to confirm updated order quantities. The decision to resume sales is tied to ongoing talks between the US and China over rare earths, but has faced bipartisan criticism in Washington. Nvidia says it is important not to lose the Chinese market to competitors like Huawei.

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Google is rolling out AI-powered shopping summaries in Chrome for users in the US. When you click the icon next to a website address, a pop-up appears with details about the reliability and quality of online stores - including information on product quality, pricing, customer service, and return policies. The feature pulls data from review partners like Trustpilot, Yotpo, and Reseller Ratings. The summaries are currently available only in English and limited to the desktop version. Google has not shared any information about a mobile rollout.

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Google is expanding its "AI Mode" to the UK, following launches in the US and India. The new feature appears as an extra tab in Google Search and in the Google app for Android and iOS, letting users ask complex questions via text, voice, or image and get AI-generated answers with additional links. AI Mode runs on a customized version of Gemini 2.5 and uses query fan-out techniques to break down questions into smaller subtopics, searching them all at once.

Google says AI Mode should result in a "greater diversity" of visited websites—a phrase that sidesteps the more important effect: less traffic flowing to the open web. Even the "light" version, called AI Overviews, has already led to a sharp drop in web clicks.

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Starting August 28, 2025, Anthropic will roll out new weekly usage limits for Claude subscribers. Alongside the existing 5-hour limit - which resets every five hours - users will face two additional restrictions: a general weekly cap for all models and a separate weekly limit for Claude Opus 4. Both reset every seven days.

For Claude Sonnet 4, Anthropic estimates weekly usage will fall between 40 and 80 hours, depending on project size and settings like auto-accept mode. Users running multiple Claude Code instances at once will hit the new limits sooner.

Anthropic says fewer than five percent of users will be affected. The company cites abuse prevention - including account sharing and continuous use - as well as overall system performance as reasons for the change.

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Microsoft is rolling out a new Copilot mode for its Edge browser. Mustafa Suleyman describes it as a streamlined, AI-powered interface with voice control that can automatically recognize URLs, search terms, and chat commands. Copilot analyzes the context of multiple open tabs, making it easier to compare travel plans or find the right restaurant without switching between windows.

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Copilot now sits at the top left of the Edge browser and is available for free. Microsoft says upcoming features will include project-based history sorting and contextual recommendations.

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