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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for renewed negotiations among nuclear-weapon states as Kazakhstan marks 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. He warned that global arms-control safeguards are weakening and urged world powers to re-engage in disarmament efforts. The appeal comes amid rising international tensions and growing concern over the erosion of nuclear arms-control frameworks.

Anthropic's Claude is being used in coordinated multi-agent setups, where several AI instances work together in structured teams on complex tasks. The development points to a shift from single chatbot use toward orchestrated agent systems that divide work and share results. Observers see it as a sign of how quickly AI tooling is moving toward autonomous collaboration.

A Hacker News discussion asks whether AI agents should be granted access to cloud-stored files under least-privilege principles, limiting what each agent can read or write. Commenters are weighing how to scope permissions for autonomous tools without exposing sensitive data, and whether existing identity and access management frameworks are adequate for machine agents.

A new commentary in Nature argues that environmental legal frameworks are outdated because they fail to account for Earth system dynamics, such as tipping points and interconnected planetary processes. The authors call for legal reform that treats the Earth system as a whole rather than regulating individual resources or pollutants in isolation, sparking debate among environmental law scholars.

IN-SPACe, India's space promotion and authorisation body, has introduced new guidelines governing hosted payloads, covering both Indian and foreign operators looking to attach payloads to Indian satellites. The framework sets out approval processes and conditions for such arrangements. The Hindu has published an explainer detailing what the rules mean for India's growing commercial space sector and international partnerships.

A study published in Nature establishes fully developed active turbulence through a non-equilibrium phase transition, providing a rigorous framework for the chaotic flows seen in active matter such as bacterial suspensions and cytoskeletal networks. By framing the onset of this turbulence as a phase transition, the work connects a messy biological phenomenon to established statistical physics and should guide future modelling and experiments.

The question of how space activities should be taxed is drawing attention as the space economy grows. With commercial satellites, tourism and asteroid ventures expanding, governments and legal experts face a gap: no clear international framework defines which country can tax profits or assets operating in orbit, raising new policy challenges.

Researchers have introduced GenAI-Net, a generative AI framework that automates the design of biomolecular networks. The framework uses generative models to construct network designs without manual intervention, potentially speeding up work in systems biology and bioengineering. Coverage so far is limited to the announcement, with details on validation and applications not yet widely reported.

The US Senate has passed the Common Cents bill, which establishes a cash rounding framework for merchants and formally ends production of the penny. The measure now heads to the White House, where the president's signature would make the phase-out law. Observers in banking and payments are watching how retailers adapt to rounding rules once pennies disappear from circulation.

Forbes argues that 'business technology' is too broad a category and breaks it down into seven distinct areas executives should understand before undertaking modernization efforts. The piece is aimed at leaders planning digital transformation, urging them to assess each domain separately rather than treating modernization as a single project. No specific companies or initiatives are named.

Authorities in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania have charged 46 retail businesses with selling THC products illegally. The crackdown targets shops that allegedly sold THC items outside the state's licensed marijuana framework. It marks one of the larger enforcement actions against unlicensed THC sales in the Philadelphia suburbs, where hemp-derived products in smoke shops and convenience stores have drawn growing scrutiny from local prosecutors and health officials.

Germany's cannabis legalisation is reshaping the industry, and many start-ups are expected to drop out of the market. According to WirtschaftsWoche, insiders warn that despite the newly legal framework, numerous young cannabis companies will not survive, citing tough conditions and regulatory hurdles following the law change.

Iran's nuclear program is again at the center of international concern, with the regime reportedly debating whether to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Little is publicly known about the current state of its nuclear activities, and analysts warn that abandoning the treaty would remove the main framework for international inspections and monitoring, escalating tensions with Western powers and the UN nuclear watchdog.

A newly published analysis argues that border entry situations expose a gap in international human rights law, suggesting existing frameworks do not adequately protect people at the moment they seek to cross a border. The piece calls attention to how states' obligations under international law remain unclear or contested at points of entry.

Europe's markets watchdog says regulators need additional powers to properly supervise the crypto sector, according to a Reuters report. The call signals growing concern in Brussels that existing frameworks leave gaps in oversight of digital asset firms. It adds momentum to ongoing debates in the EU over how far authorities should go in policing crypto markets and protecting investors.

Congress is set to leave Washington ahead of the midterm elections without passing any major legislation on artificial intelligence. Despite numerous hearings and proposals on AI safety, regulation and innovation, lawmakers have failed to advance comprehensive rules, leaving the US without a federal framework as AI technology continues to spread rapidly across industries.

Italy's Senate has given final approval to Giorgia Meloni's government's law establishing a new framework for producing nuclear energy, nearly four decades after the country abandoned nuclear power following the 1987 referendum. The government plans to focus on new-generation reactors, marking a major shift in Italy's energy policy after a long-standing ban.