{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"UpNext AI","title":"Europe’s AI Sovereignty Push, Asia’s Export-Control Opening, and Faster AI Bug Hunting | UpNext AI – June 29, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/127c0fba\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":560,"description":"A quick catch-up on the AI stories shaping strategy, markets, and security to start the week. Today: Europe’s push to build more sovereign AI capacity, Asian model makers using export-control uncertainty as an opening, a research paper on using LLMs to find business-logic vulnerabilities much faster, and three notable headlines on OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 lineup, the widening open-model ecosystem, and an AI assistant hacking challenge.Covered in this episode:- Europe’s new urgency around AI sovereignty and why leaders there no longer want to rely on American models- Asian startups launching Mythos-like alternatives while U.S. export restrictions reshape the market- A research paper on LLM-driven discovery of business-logic bugs in power-system microservice APIs- OpenAI’s limited preview of GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna- A new roundup arguing the open-model ecosystem is broadening across companies and regions- What happened when 2,000 people tried to hack an AI assistant by emailSource links:- WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/europe-is-fed-up-and-wants-its-own-ai/- TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/27/asian-ai-startups-launch-mythos-like-models-as-anthropics-export-ban-drags-on/- DOI research paper: https://doi.org/10.1186/s44147-026-01100-9- Simon Willison on GPT-5.6: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/26/openai/#atom-everything- Interconnects open artifacts #22: https://www.interconnects.ai/p/artifacts-22-zyphra-cohere-and-poolside- Simon Willison on the AI assistant hack challenge: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/26/hack-my-ai-assistant/#atom-everything","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/U8MjYsqEAUXr8sykSIjiubn3kUnZpkcAAqCjELTLubA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YWE0/MDRlYTJkZTY4ZDhk/N2YzZjZmYzg0ZmQ2/Mzg1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}