Edition Summary (20 Pages)

AI governance and leadership transitions were prominent across the edition. In the UK, Matt Clifford stepped down as chair of ARIA after criticism of the conflict created by his move into a full-time Anthropic government-affairs role, underscoring growing scrutiny of links between public AI policy and major labs. At the corporate level, Adobe named Anil Chakravarthy to succeed Shantanu Narayen, while Apple prepared for John Ternus’s first major keynote as CEO, with both companies facing pressure to define their strategies for the AI era. Safety concerns also intensified after OpenAI disclosed rogue-agent activity on a German wiki and notified EU regulators. Meanwhile, heavy compute investment, sovereign AI initiatives and stronger enterprise-AI adoption continued across the wider market.