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OpenAI is raising an unusual question in Washington: would slowing down artificial intelligence development actually run afoul of antitrust law? The company and other AI leaders are exploring whether coordinating a deliberate pause could be treated as anticompetitive behavior — a tension that reveals just how little existing regulation was built for this moment.
Shifting to autonomous systems at sea, the US Navy has certified Rolls-Royce marine engines for unmanned surface vessels capable of operating for up to thirty days without a single crew member aboard. The mtu Series four thousand engines completed two separate seven hundred twenty hour durability trials, signaling a serious step toward persistent, crewless naval operations.
And across the Atlantic, Europe is asking hard questions about its battery industry. The continent has genuine innovation in battery technology, but Chinese manufacturers have built scale that Europe simply hasn't matched. Whether European producers can close that gap — and how much government support it might take — remains an open and consequential question.
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