Reuters:
S-1 excerpts: SpaceX warns multiple investigations into sexually abusive AI imagery created with xAI's Grok may hurt the company's global market access  —  The multiple investigations into xAI's creation and dissemination of sexually abusive imagery may lead the company to lose access to certain markets …

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
Q&A with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on building infrastructure for AI agents, balancing internal needs and the demands of customers like Anthropic, and more  —  This week's Stratechery Interview is with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian.  Kurian joined Google to lead the company's cloud division …

Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
Trump threatens to “put a big tariff on the UK” if it does not drop its digital services tax, which he views as unfairly targeting US tech companies  —  President tells The Telegraph he will retaliate if Britain continues to ‘target’ major American companies such as Apple, Google and Meta

Reuters:
SAP reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to €9.56B, vs. €9.53B est., non-IFRS operating profit up 17% to €2.87B, cloud revenue up 19% to €5.96B; SAP up 10%+ after hours  —  Europe's largest software maker SAP (SAPG.DE) on Thursday reported a 17% increase in first-quarter profit …

Reuters:
Singapore is slowly emerging as a neutral ground for AI companies, offering an alternative place to build without worrying about US or Chinese regulations  —  Singapore is transforming from East-West gateway to neutral ground for the AI sector, with Chinese startups hoping …