Universities, companies cheer new budget plans for AI, scholarships, and research infrastructure – but ultimate cost of joining Horizon Europe not yet clear

On his trip to China, German chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Bosch’s hydrogen drives plant. The facility illustrates there are still opportunities for German companies in future technologies in China

A project that built links between accelerators, incubators and start-ups in Europe and Africa shows the potential for benefit on both sides. A centre in Cape Town will now continue its work.

There’s concern the military technology alliance could exclude the EU from cutting-edge science. AUKUS is now looking to involve Canada, New Zealand and South Korea, potentially forming an alternative joint defence R&D initiative to the EU’s own framework programmes

Tensions with China have made scientific cooperation with the West more fraught. But in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, collaboration is largely unaffected by geopolitics

More collaboration on AI safety, 6G research and semiconductors were among the announcements made following the sixth EU-US Trade and Technology Council

Deal reflects growing government efforts to manage AI roll-outs safely. AI will also be on the agenda of EU-US Trade and Technology Council meeting later this week

Australian universities are relieved that a law to boost defence technology with the UK and US has had crucial exemptions added. But the opposition Greens still say it will hit research partnerships

Deeper ties with the EU are part of a broader effort by Seoul to open up its research and innovation system to the wider world. And as in the West, Korea also has concerns about China

US government advisory group JASON says ‘blunt and ineffective’ security controls on fundamental science could harm progress, and urge a case-by-case approach