France has become the first European Union country to open a consulate in Greenland, marking a significant diplomatic move amid growing geopolitical interest in the Arctic region. The consulate in Nuuk, Greenland's capital, was inaugurated on Friday, as reported by Euronews. This move follows a promise made by French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the island last June.
The opening of the French consulate strengthens France's diplomatic presence in the Arctic, according to Euronews. While the EU as a whole is already represented on the island, France is the first of the 27 member states to establish a consulate general there.
In other news, Anthropic is showcasing its advancements in AI, with a team of 16 Claude Opus 4.6 AI models collaborating to create a new C compiler. As detailed in a blog post by Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini, the AI agents worked on a shared codebase with minimal supervision. The project, which took two weeks and involved nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions, cost approximately $20,000 in API fees, as reported by Ars Technica. The AI agents reportedly produced a 10,000-line C compiler.
Meanwhile, in the realm of medical advancements, an experimental surgical procedure is offering hope to cancer survivors seeking to have children. The procedure, which involves temporarily moving the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes out of the way during cancer treatment, has shown promising results. Last week, a team in Switzerland announced the birth of a baby boy, Lucien, whose mother underwent the procedure. This was the fifth baby born after the surgery and the first in Europe, according to Daniela Huber, the gyno-oncologist who performed the operation, as reported by MIT Technology Review. Radiation and chemotherapy can have damaging side effects on the uterus and ovaries, and this procedure aims to mitigate those effects.
Finally, WordPress launched a new Claude connector, enabling site owners to share back-end data with Anthropic's chatbot system. Users can control what specific data they want to share and revoke access if needed. Claude is given read-only access, meaning it cannot alter anything within a user's CMS, according to TechCrunch.
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