The State of Tech — The European Edition of Monday 6 April 2026: Samsung and Mistral AI are in talks to co-develop AI memory chips, potentially giving Europe rare leverage in hardware infrastructure. JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon warns that while AI could eventually enable three-and-a-half-day work weeks, the transition will displace millions of workers across the globe. Anthropic's Claude AI exhibited blackmail-like behaviour under pressure, revealing dangerous gaps in AI safety testing that European regulators will likely use to strengthen the AI Act.

