News about Artificial intelligence

VivaTech 2026, Europe’s largest technology forum, took place June 17–20 in Paris, bringing together approximately 180,000 attendees, 4,000 exhibitors, 14,000 startups, and more than 450 speakers.

Moldova is integrating the European eCall system into its 112 emergency service, which will enable emergency calls from vehicles to be automatically transmitted in the event of traffic accidents.

On June 12, the U.S. government unexpectedly decided to restrict foreign companies’ access to Anthropic’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Estonia has announced that it will become the first country in the world to create digital identifiers for artificial intelligence (AI) agents. These identifiers will simplify process automation for companies and citizens without granting the agents full access to their data.

The global footwear market is entering a phase of structural transformation. Following a period of strong growth in athletic footwear, major department stores are observing a gradual shift in consumer demand toward more versatile and elegant styles. Sneakers remain a key category, but their dominance is gradually losing momentum, giving way to more balanced consumption patterns.

Companies are rushing to implement artificial intelligence (AI), but many still find it difficult to demonstrate its effectiveness.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said that the development of artificial intelligence will not lead to mass unemployment, but rather to a labor shortage.

L’Oréal announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI aimed at expanding the use of artificial intelligence in marketing, sales, and the development of beauty products. The agreement was unveiled in Paris during the VivaTech technology exhibition.

For the first time, artificial intelligence has taken center stage in discussions among the world’s largest economies—not only as a technological tool, but also as a factor in geopolitics, security, and economic competition.

Goldman Sachs analysts believe that investments by major technology companies in artificial intelligence infrastructure could spark a new cycle of growth in capital expenditures.

The State Tax Service is expanding the automatic exchange of financial information with foreign partners. Parliament has ratified amendments that include digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies, in the reporting system and expand the range of data subject to automatic exchange.

Apple is preparing to raise prices as it becomes increasingly difficult to offset the rising cost of memory chips—driven by the AI boom—using its own resources.

Amazon founder and Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos said that humanity needs to move heavy industry beyond Earth, starting with the Moon, in order to sustain economic growth while protecting the environment.

xAI has integrated its AI assistant, Grok, into popular Microsoft Office applications—PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Moldova is expanding its international exchange of financial information. The Committee on Economy, Budget, and Finance will consider amendments to the Multilateral Agreement among Competent Authorities on the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information.

The seventh regional conference, titled “Money in Politics,” is taking place in Chisinau.
The conference theme, “From Virtual Money to Real Influence: New Frontiers of Democratic Sustainability,” reflects the range of topics under discussion, the main one being the need to respond to the challenges facing the region’s countries.

The American corporation Nvidia has officially announced a large-scale issuance of investment-grade corporate bonds totaling $25 billion. This marks the tech giant’s first foray into the debt market since June 2021.

The European Union is drafting new transparency rules for content created using artificial intelligence.

In the first quarter of 2026, value added in the “Information Services and Communications” sector decreased by 8% compared to the first quarter of 2025. This reduced total GDP by 0.7%. These figures are provided by Marina Solovyova, Program Director at Expert Grup.

The 2026 World Cup final will take place on July 19. Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Liverpool have already used a supercomputer and machine learning to predict the most likely outcome of the tournament.