AI Governance & Safety: The U.S. and China set up a dedicated AI safety communication channel while cutting tariffs on about $30B in goods, aiming to reduce tech risk without compromising security. Frontier AI in Industry: TotalEnergies and Mistral are investing €100M+ to build frontier AI models for reservoir exploration, pairing agentic AI with decades of geoscience know-how. Healthcare Tech: Novo Nordisk teams with Anthropic to use frontier models for drug discovery and “biological reasoning,” while the first mRNA flu vaccine for adults 50+ rolls out across thousands of U.S. locations. Science & Medicine Research: New work links social companionship to lower post-meal blood sugar spikes, and studies map brain-linked pathways that may worsen inflammation after heart attacks; separate research also probes how anesthesia changes brain states. Climate & Space: El Niño has intensified nearly 40% over the past 40 years, and scientists explain how close the Great Southern Comet came to surviving a solar near-miss. Tech Policy & Society: The Associated Press Stylebook urges avoiding human-like language for AI, sparking debate as platforms refuse to promote an Elon Musk-linked documentary. Education & Capacity: Qatar’s UDST earns international accreditation for six programs, and ISRO-linked procurement brings high-performance computing workstations to India’s space research ecosystem.