Ellen O'Regan / Politico:
Survey of 6,698 people across six EU countries: around 84% said they don't trust US tech companies with their personal data; 93% don't trust Chinese companies  —  Europe is rolling out measures to keep data local and reduce reliance on foreign tech.  —  More than 8 in 10 Europeans …

Washington Post:
Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek input on Claude's moral and spiritual development and if it could be considered a “child of God”  —  The artificial intelligence company asked religious leaders for guidance on building a moral chatbot.  —  Summary

Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to China in the past year, driven by better pay, quality of life, and a more restrictive US immigration system  —  Engineers and scientists return for better pay and quality of life as US grows more hostile  —  In the hushed corridors …

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Google says Polymarket bets “briefly appeared in Google News in error”, after the bets appeared alongside news articles in the “For You” section  —  Links to bets on world events were appearing alongside legitimate news organizations.

Mari Kiyohara / Bloomberg:
Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker's work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B  —  Japan approved ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) in additional subsidies to quicken Rapidus Corp.'s entry into the high-stakes AI chipmaking arena …