Eu Ai

Tandem Health • Series B

Swedish healthtech startup Tandem Health raised $100 million in Series B funding led by the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund, a new investor.

Apple has finally shipped its rebuilt Siri AI, built on Google's Gemini models and running partly on-device and partly through Private Cloud Compute. Early testers praise multi-step requests and screen context, but report hallucinations and gaps with some tasks. The new Siri is not available in the EU.

Product • The Decoder

Google DeepMind introduced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two new variants of its Gemini model family. The announcement adds live-interaction and extended-reasoning capabilities to the lineup.

AI Models • Google DeepMind

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned that AI agents 'escaping their environment' are just a preview of what's coming, citing autonomous hacking and self-improving models as immediate risks. She plans to invite major frontier labs to talks and use the EU AI Act to help set global AI safety standards.

Policy & Regulation • The Decoder