One company dominated the AI news cycle over the past day: Anthropic closed out an 18-day dispute with Washington over its most powerful models, while simultaneously launching a new flagship coding model and a dedicated workbench for scientists.

US lifts export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5

The US Department of Commerce has withdrawn the export control directive it issued on June 12 after Amazon researchers reported a method for bypassing Fable 5’s cybersecurity safeguards. Anthropic says it trained an improved safety classifier that blocks the reported technique in over 99% of cases, and Fable 5 will return globally starting July 1, with Mythos 5 access restored for approved US organizations following government sign-off on June 26.

Anthropic proposes an industry standard for scoring AI jailbreaks

Alongside the redeployment, Anthropic is partnering with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other Project Glasswing members on a shared framework for rating the severity of AI jailbreaks, based on capability gain, breadth, ease of weaponization, and discoverability. The company says it hopes the framework becomes a template for coordinated government and industry response to future safeguard bypasses.

Claude Sonnet 5 launches with frontier agentic performance

Anthropic also introduced Claude Sonnet 5, described as its most agentic Sonnet-class model yet, with performance approaching Opus 4.8 on coding and tool-use benchmarks at a lower price. The model is now the default for Free and Pro plans and is available across Claude Code and the Claude Platform, with introductory pricing of $2/$10 per million input/output tokens through August 31.

Claude Science opens a workbench for researchers

Rounding out the day, Anthropic released Claude Science in beta, an app that bundles more than 60 research-focused skills and connectors for genomics, proteomics, and cheminformatics into a single environment that runs on a scientist’s own laptop, cluster, or HPC login node. Early users, including Manifold Bio and researchers at the Allen Institute and UCSF, report the tool has cut analysis and literature-review timelines from years to weeks.

What to watch: Fable 5’s global return on July 1 and Google’s still-pending Gemini 3.5 Pro release will be the next tests of whether Anthropic’s momentum holds through the summer.

Kafka consultant role

Job Summary:

As part of a three-month mission, we are looking for a Kafka consultant. As an expert, you evaluate, optimize the existing infrastructure and draft the governance linked to the operationalization of the platform. You will also participate in resolving a series of specific problems related to the maintenance of the platform

Main missions:

Design and architecture: Participate in the architecture of data flows and integrate Kafka as the backbone of microservices and cdc

Development: Create and optimize data pipelines, configure topics, partitions and retention mechanisms. Operationalize these procedures

Integration: Evaluate the architecture of existing Kafka Connect connectors and improve monitoring

Supervision: Implement monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana)

Implementation of troubleshooting procedures to guarantee high availability of clusters

Security: Secure data exchanges (TLS, SASL, ACL)

Knowledge transfer and technical team training

Required skills:

Kafka expertise: In-depth mastery of the Apache Kafka ecosystem (Broker, KRaft, Schema Registry)

Frameworks: Hands-on experience with Kafka Streams and Kafka Connect

Infrastructure: Knowledge of technologies related to containerization (Strimzi, confluent, etc.)

Architecture: Good understanding of distributed architectures, microservices principles and event processing

Knowledge of Ansible

Optional: Understanding of datastack on streaming (Iceberg, Spark, Flink,…)

Profile sought:

Significant experience in production implementation and optimization of Kafka platforms

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Required Skills

Architecture IT, Grafana, Kafka

Practical Information

• Company: SMALS
• Location: Bruxelles – Hybrid
• Start Date: 1 September 2026
• End Date: 30 November 2026
• Duration: 5 months
• Contract Type: Freelance / Mission
• Application Deadline: 8 July 2026

The

Data Specialist

supports the VIVAQUA Data manager, to whom he reports directly, as part of his missions relating to the implementation of the data strategy: steering, governance, management, use and automation of data across the organization, implementation of a Data architecture and dissemination of the Data culture within the company.

As part of this mission, the following key responsibilities will be included:

1. Data management governance

Continued development of governance

PMO of the various initiatives related to data governance

2. Valorization of data

Development of data uses: reporting, analyses, automation, AI

3. Reporting Strategy

Define the organization of the reporting developments to be implemented (centralized in IT, decentralized in the departments, mixed, etc.)

4. Continued development of the Data architecture

Data lineation

Ensure the link between data lineation and process description

5. Management of reporting automation projects, in coordination with IT

6. In partnership with IT, define a mechanism for prioritizing reporting developments

7. Implementation of the Data culture in change mode

Raise awareness of governance and data management rules

Raise team awareness of data management and their role in the value chain (data culture)

Promote transversality and inter-department collaboration to break down silos and streamline the flow of information

Throughout your mission you respect GDPR, ISO27001 and NIS2 rules

The start date of the mission will be determined by mutual agreement between VIVAQUA and the candidate.

Terms of execution of the mission

:

– The designated consultant will be assigned full-time to the execution of the contract and will have to potentially work 440 man-days spread over a period of ± 2 years, on an hourly basis of 40 hours per week, during the opening days of VIVAQUA.

– The services will be carried out at least 3 days/week in person at VIVAQUA Head Office, potentially on a discontinuous basis, unless expressly waived by the Head of the IT Department.

– The consultant is informed that he is not authorized to work overtime or outside office hours (Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) without the express authorization of VIVAQUA.

– The designated consultant must take into account the needs for continuity of service of VIVAQUA and the constraints linked to the projects it manages in the planning of his leave and will agree in advance with the Managing Official on this subject

– The designated consultant must comply with the provisions of VIVAQUA’s “Code of conduct for external service providers”, this document being available on request.

Additional information:

The mission can be renewed for a maximum duration (initial duration included) of: 880 working days.

Required Skills

Business data solution definition, Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN), Change Management, Data modeling and data architecture, Integrated reporting (ETL, Data storage, SQL, Data cubes), IT Transformation projects, ITIL, Power BI, SAP ECC6, SAP S/4 HANA, Test Management

Practical Information

• Company: Vivaqua SRL
• Location: Brussels – Hybrid
• Start Date: 17 August 2026
• End Date: 16 August 2028
• Duration: 26 months
• Contract Type: Freelance / Mission
• Application Deadline: 8 July 2026

The General Commissioner for Refugees and Stateless Persons is an independent federal administration. The mission of the CGRS is to provide protection to persons who are at risk of persecution or serious harm in the event of return to their country of origin. In accordance with Belgian, European and international standards, the CGRS examines every request for international protection in an individual, objective and impartial manner. A modernization process has been started within the CGRS, translated into the eDossier program. It is a very ambitious program, consisting of a number of projects, with a very tight schedule. To further shape and develop the program, we are looking for strong profiles who want to commit temporarily (contracts with a fixed duration, can be terminated immediately, extendable through positive evaluation) until delivery, expected until at least the end of 2028. One of the profiles we are looking for is a Solution Engineer – Scrum/Agile Delivery Master, level expert (+10 years of experience). We are not looking for an agile coach. We are looking for a solution engineer with Java cloud engineering background and with very strong recent experience as a scrum/agile delivery master. You are joining an initiative that is already underway, which poses a major challenge. A description of the tasks and competencies can be found below. You form a team with very experienced, very competent and motivated people. The team consists entirely of expert profiles. If you feel addressed by the basic mission of the CGRS and you are a match with the task package and the required competencies, do not hesitate to put yourself forward as a candidate. Anyone who is looking for a pure lead and/or pure advisory position, please refrain. The emphasis is on hands-on coordination, follow-up, adjustment, design and implementation. Anyone looking for 4 days of teleworking will also be disappointed. To promote team spirit, we ask that you be present at the office 3 days a week. Our offices are located next to Brussels South station. – Degree in computer science higher education, short or long type, obtained from a recognized European college or university, is mandatory (diploma must be present together with CV within pro unity platform), – Continuously educating oneself to stay informed of the latest sustainable trends and innovations, primarily with a focus on software/solution developments that use structured and unstructured data in hybrid cloud environments, – 10 years of hands-on experience with design/definition and development of APIs, – 10 years hands on experience with development and integration of micro services, – 10 years hands on Java SE experience, – 5 years hands on experience with Java SE10+ – 5 years hands on experience as a scrum/agile delivery master, whether or not combined with the role of Java developer or software architect, within greenfield software projects with the following technologies: APIs, microservices, eventing and cloud, – 5 years hands on experience with event driven architecture and systems (event sourcing and event handling), – 5 years of hands on experience with the implementation of agile frameworks, such as Safe and Less, – 5 years of hands on experience with software design (cloud, API, microservices, eventing), – 3 years of hands on experience as a scrum/agile delivery master within cloud native software projects, – 3 years of hands on experience with Azure Devops to manage agile software/solution delivery, – Ability to propose alternative solutions and formulate recommendations on the choices to be made, taking into account the entire context – Good listener, flexible attitude, and having the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders – Knowledge and use of Behavioral or Domain Driven Design, Development and Testing is an added value, – Knowledge of the Angular framework is an added value,I. Languages ​​Due to the nature of the tasks and the customer base (bilingual working environment), as well as our internal way of working, a very good (active) knowledge of English is necessary, as well as a very good knowledge of Dutch and French.II. Task package – You have a broad and diverse set of competencies that enable you to design, develop, manage and dismantle IT solutions within the reach of your team. – You are an energetic Solution Engineer with a passion for IT and a positive can-do mentality. You are a team player who works as a core member of a multidisciplinary and cross-functional team with the customer as the primary motivation. – As a Solution Engineer you contribute to achieving the team’s goal. You support the CGRS and contribute to delivering quality products to our customers. You work together with other engineers, analysts and business stakeholders. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, advanced design and delivery is essential. – As a Solution Engineer you need to understand the entire stack & IT design solution, so you guide the team in designing and developing secure & robust solutions, deploying applications into production and maintaining the application in collaboration with other members of the team. – As a scrum master you use technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demos, daily). You are responsible for (helping to) draw up a medium and longer-term release calendar for the various initiatives. You also take external dependencies into account. This not only gives you a short-term focus, but also allows you to make forward-looking projections. – You continuously develop your own expertise while gathering, updating and disseminating knowledge of new tools & practices within the team. – Your strong analytical and problem-solving skills enable you to tackle complex challenges and deliver effective solutions. – You enjoy working in a team environment and can communicate well with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to fully understand and understand the needs of the project. – Even though you work in a team, you have sufficient maturity to work independently and proactivelyIII. The interview Based on the pre-selection of the Pro Unity platform, candidates are invited for an individual interview. During the interview, soft skills and motivation, as well as an image of the position and hard skills, are questioned (required competencies, experience level, expertise level, language knowledge). Calls for interviews are made in waves/contingents of a maximum of 5 people. If no candidate from a wave or contingent is selected by the jury, the candidates from the next wave will be invited for an individual interview. This process is repeated until the jury has selected a candidate. For more information about the program or the selection process: steven.baerdeman@ibz.beThe General Commission for Refugees and Stateless Persons is an independent federal agency. The mission of the CGRS is to ensure the protection of people who risk being persecuted or suffering serious harm if they return to their country of origin. In accordance with Belgian, European and international standards, the CGRS examines each application for international protection in an individual, objective and impartial manner. A modernization program has been launched within the CGRS, translated into the eDossier program. This is a very ambitious program, made up of a number of projects, with a very tight timetable. To continue to shape and develop the program, we are looking for strong profiles who wish to commit temporarily (fixed-term contracts, terminable immediately, renewable after positive evaluation) until its delivery, planned at least until the end of 2028. One of the profiles we are looking for is a Solution Engineer – Scrum/Agile Delivery Master, expert level (+10 years of experience). We are not looking for an agile coach. We are looking for a solution engineer with Java cloud engineering training and very strong experience as a scrum/agile delivery master. You will participate in an initiative already underway. Below you will find a description of all tasks and skills. You will form a team made up of very experienced, very competent and motivated people. The team is entirely made up of expert profiles. If you feel attracted by the fundamental mission of the CGRS and are in line with the range of functions and skills required, do not hesitate to apply. People looking for a pure lead and/or pure consultant role are asked to refrain. The emphasis is on practical coordination, monitoring, adjustment, design and implementation. Those looking for 4 days of telecommuting will also be disappointed. To promote team spirit, we ask our employees to be present in the office 3 days a week. Our offices are located next to the Brussels-Midi train station. – Short or long-term higher education IT diploma, obtained from a recognized European college or university, mandatory (the diploma must be attached to the CV on the pro unity platform) – Continuous training to stay up to date with the latest trends and sustainable innovations in development, focusing mainly on software/solution developments that use structured and unstructured data in hybrid cloud environments. – 10 years of practical experience in the design/definition and development of APIs, – 10 years of practical experience in the development and integration of microservices, – 10 years of practical experience in java SE, – 5 years of practical experience in java SE10+ – 5 years of practical experience as a scrum/agile delivery master, combined or not with the role of java developer or software architect, in the context of greenfield software projects with the following technologies: API, microservices, eventing and cloud, – 5 years of practical experience with architecture and event-driven systems (event sourcing and eventhandling), – 5 years of practical experience in implementing agile frameworks, such as Safe and Less, – 5 years of practical experience in software design (cloud, API, microservices, eventing), – 3 years of practical experience as a scrum/agile delivery master on cloud software projects native, – 3 years of hands-on experience with Azure Devops to manage agile delivery of software/solutions, – Ability to propose alternative solutions and make recommendations on choices to make, taking into account the whole context – Good listener, flexible attitude, and possess the ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders – Knowledge and use of behavior or domain focused design, development and testing is an asset, – Knowledge of the Angular framework is an asset,I. Languages ​​Due to the nature of the tasks and the clientele (bilingual working environment), as well as our internal working style, a very good (active) knowledge of English is necessary, as well as a very good knowledge of Dutch and French.II. The Tasks – You have a broad and diverse skillset that allows you to design, develop, manage and decommission IT solutions as part of your team. – You are an energetic solutions engineer with a passion for information technology and a positive mindset. You are a team player and work as a core member of a multidisciplinary, cross-functional team, with the customer as your primary driver. – As a Solution Engineer, you will contribute to achieving the team’s goals. You will help CGRA provide quality products to our customers. You will collaborate with other engineers, analysts and stakeholders. Therefore, it is essential to be committed to solving problems together, designing and delivering cutting-edge products. – As a solution engineer, you should understand the entire IT design stack and solution, so you will guide the team in designing and developing secure and robust solutions, putting applications into production, and maintaining the application in collaboration with other team members. – As a scrum master, you leverage your technical expertise and experience to contribute to all sprint events (planning, refinements, retrospectives, demonstrations, daily). You are responsible for (contributing to) the development of a medium and long term release schedule for the various initiatives. In doing so, you also take external dependencies into account. This allows you not only to focus on the short term, but also to make future-oriented projections. – You continuously develop your own expertise while collecting, updating and disseminating knowledge about new tools and practices within the team. – Your strong analytical and problem-solving skills allow you to tackle complex challenges and provide effective solutions, – You enjoy working in a team and are able to communicate well with technical and non-technical stakeholders in order to fully understand the needs of the project and respond to them, – Even if you work in a team, you have enough maturity to work independently and proactively.III. The interview Based on the pre-selection of the Pro Unity platform, candidates are invited to an individual interview. During the interview, candidates are questioned about their general skills and their motivation, as well as their image of the position and their specific skills (required skills, level of experience, level of expertise, language skills). Invitations to interviews are made in waves/contingents of 5 people maximum. If no candidate from a wave or contingent is selected by the jury, the candidates from the next wave are invited to an individual interview. This process is repeated until a candidate is selected by the jury. For more information on the program or the selection process: steven.baerdeman@ibz.be

Required Skills

Hands on experience as a scrum/agile delivery master within cloud native software projects, Hands-on experience as a scrum/agile delivery master, whether or not combined with the role of Java developer or software architect, within greenfield software projects with the following technologies: APIs, microservices, eventing and cloud, Hands on experience with Azure Devops to manage agile software/solution delivery, Hands on experience with the implementation of agile frameworks, such as Safe and Less, Hands on experience with design/definition and development of APIs,, Hands on experience with event driven architecture and systems (event sourcing and event handling), Hands on experience with Java SE10+, Hands on experience with development and integration of microservices, Hands on experience with software design (cloud, API, microservices, eventing), Hands on Java SE experience

Practical Information

• Company: SPF Intérieur – FOD Binnenlandse Zaken (CGRA-CGVS)
• Location: Brussels – Hybrid
• Start Date: 14 September 2026
• End Date: 31 August 2027
• Duration: 12 months
• Contract Type: Freelance / Mission
• Application Deadline: 4 August 2026

The past day in AI was defined less by new models than by the business and geopolitics around them, as a major intellectual-property clash, a landmark Hollywood partnership, and an accelerating talent race all moved into the spotlight.

Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of Illicitly ‘Distilling’ Claude

Anthropic has publicly accused Chinese technology giant Alibaba of running a large-scale campaign to extract capabilities from its Claude models. According to the company, operators linked to Alibaba’s Qwen lab used roughly 25,000 fraudulent accounts to conduct 28.8 million exchanges between late April and early June, targeting Claude’s software-engineering and agentic-reasoning strengths. It marks the first time Anthropic has named a major Chinese conglomerate as the source of a distillation attack. CNBC reports the details.

Google DeepMind and A24 Strike a $75M Filmmaking Pact

Google DeepMind and independent studio A24 announced a first-of-its-kind research partnership to build AI tools shaped by working filmmakers. Google’s roughly $75 million investment notably excludes A24’s film library and data from any training use, though the deal has already drawn pushback from some of the studio’s fans. DeepMind outlines the collaboration.

The Talent War Intensifies

The competition for elite researchers is heating up, with reports that two more senior Gemini researchers are leaving Google for Anthropic—the fourth such departure in six days. The churn underscores how aggressively frontier labs are competing for the small pool of people capable of pushing model capabilities forward. MarketingProfs rounds up the week’s moves.

Qualcomm Bets Big on the AI Software Stack

Qualcomm moved to acquire AI startup Modular in a deal valued at nearly $4 billion, aiming to bolster its software stack and data-center ambitions as it pushes deeper into AI infrastructure. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026. CNBC has the report.

What to watch: All eyes remain on OpenAI’s anticipated GPT-5.6, whose launch window has slipped amid shifting prediction-market odds—a reminder that even the most-tracked releases rarely arrive on schedule.

AI Moves Into the Workday as Regulators Sharpen the Rules

Anthropic puts an always-on Claude inside Slack

Anthropic launched Claude Tag, a persistent AI teammate that lives inside Slack channels rather than a one-off chatbot. Running on the Opus 4.8 model, it adds shared memory, cross-channel context and an ambient mode that can proactively flag information and follow up on forgotten threads. The feature is available to Claude Enterprise and Team customers and replaces the older “Claude in Slack” app, with a 30-day migration window. Fortune and SiliconANGLE have the details.

Superhuman buys GPTZero to bolt on authenticity

Superhuman—the company formed after Grammarly acquired the email client and rebranded—agreed to acquire GPTZero, the AI-detection startup with more than 19 million registered users and roughly $30 million in annual recurring revenue. Terms were not disclosed. GPTZero’s authenticity suite, spanning AI detection, hallucination checks and citation verification, will fold into Superhuman Go while continuing as a standalone product. More via TechCrunch.

OpenAI readies a full-duplex voice mode

OpenAI is preparing “Bidi 1,” a bidirectional voice model that aims to make spoken conversations feel natural: it can listen while you talk, accept mid-sentence interruptions and switch tasks on the fly. Early demos point to real-time translation across dozens of languages and small, human-like acknowledgments instead of awkward pauses. The rollout is being tested for ChatGPT, as TestingCatalog reports.

Europe firms up its high-risk AI guidelines

On the policy side, the public consultation on the European Commission’s draft guidelines for classifying high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act closed today. The three-part guidance clarifies general principles and use cases ahead of the Act’s broader applicability in August 2026, giving providers clearer signals on where the heaviest obligations will land. Background from Global Policy Watch.

What to watch: as assistants become persistent colleagues rather than tools, expect authenticity, governance and voice to be the next battlegrounds—and watch for OpenAI’s voice model to reach a wider audience.

Anthropic vaults past OpenAI on valuation and files confidentially for an IPO

Anthropic has closed a financing round valuing the company at roughly $965 billion, edging ahead of rival OpenAI, and has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement signaling a march toward a public listing. The raise underscores how aggressively investors are backing frontier-model developers despite mounting questions about compute costs and returns. More on the shake-up.

A Nobel laureate joins Anthropic as Google loses two AI heavyweights

In a striking reshuffle of AI talent, John Jumper, the Nobel laureate behind AlphaFold, is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic, while Transformer co-author and Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is reported to be heading to OpenAI. The back-to-back departures highlight how fiercely the leading labs are competing for a small pool of foundational researchers. Read the details.

Washington’s new executive order reshapes the frontier-model rulebook

The White House’s executive order on “Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security” continues to ripple through the industry. It establishes an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse and a voluntary framework letting developers submit “covered frontier models” for federal evaluation before release, while explicitly ruling out any mandatory licensing regime. Read the order.

Export controls keep two Anthropic models offline

Anthropic’s newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, remain suspended worldwide following a US export-control directive, leaving some paying subscribers without access as a free-trial window closes. The episode is a concrete early test of how national-security policy now intersects with day-to-day model availability. Latest model tracker.

Gemini 3.5 Pro still in limited preview

Google’s much-anticipated Gemini 3.5 Pro remains available only in limited preview to select enterprise customers after repeated delays, even as DeepMind touts progress from its AlphaEvolve system across genomics, quantum physics, and mathematics. The gap between demo and general availability is becoming a recurring theme this season. See the tracker.

What to watch: whether Anthropic’s IPO timeline firms up, and how quickly labs opt into the government’s voluntary frontier-model review framework.

The late-June model wars are running hot: Google pushed a flagship into general availability, OpenAI answered, and the day’s most interesting signal came from outside the chat window — frontier reasoning is now being wired directly into machines that move.

Google takes Gemini 3.5 Pro to general availability

Google DeepMind moved Gemini 3.5 Pro into general availability, positioning it at the top of its lineup just as rivals refresh their own flagships. Early comparisons place it directly against Anthropic’s Fable 5 and OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 series on reasoning and coding benchmarks, underscoring how compressed the frontier has become. Read the late-June head-to-head breakdown here.

OpenAI keeps the pressure on with a refreshed flagship

OpenAI continued its rapid release cadence, with its newest GPT-5-class model featured alongside Gemini and Claude in this week’s frontier comparisons. The pattern is familiar: faster responses, sharper reasoning, and aggressive pricing as each lab tries to hold the default-model slot in consumer and developer products. The latest model tracker is available here.

Boston Dynamics puts Gemini reasoning inside Spot

Boston Dynamics partnered with Google Cloud and DeepMind to embed Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 into its Spot robot and Orbit inspection platform. The integration is meant to give the machines stronger spatial reasoning, more autonomous decision-making, and continuous learning in messy industrial settings — a concrete sign that frontier models are migrating from screens to the factory floor. Details on Google Cloud’s recent AI moves are here.

Europe bets on an open-source frontier model

The European Commission selected the EUROPA consortium to build an open-source frontier model spanning all 24 official EU languages, part of its Frontier AI Grande Challenge. Paired with a new code of practice on labelling AI-generated content and transparency rules landing in August, the move signals Europe’s intent to compete on capability, not just regulation. Background on the EU’s framework is here.

What to watch: with three labs trading flagships within days of each other and reasoning models now steering hardware, the next test is whether benchmark gains translate into reliable, real-world autonomy.

Two weeks into the U.S. export-control freeze on Anthropic’s most capable models, the standoff dominates the day’s AI news. Below, where things stand and the other moves worth tracking.

Anthropic and Washington edge toward a Fable 5 deal

Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models remain offline, more than a week after a U.S. directive barred foreign-national access and the company disabled both worldwide rather than attempt real-time nationality filtering. Executives say a return is close — international chief Chris Ciauri told reporters the company is “very confident” access will be restored “in the coming days” — and both sides are reported to be working toward a framework that swaps an impossible “zero jailbreaks” bar for proactive testing and government notification. Prediction markets still price only a ~57% chance of restoration before July. The Globe and Mail has the latest on the negotiations.

Anthropic’s Seoul push lands its biggest enterprise wave yet

Even amid the freeze, Anthropic opened a Seoul office and announced a cluster of major Korean deployments: NAVER rolling out Claude Code across its engineering org, plus Samsung SDS, LG CNS, Hanwha and Nexon adopting Claude at scale. The company also signed an AI-safety MOU with Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT covering Korean-language model evaluation. Anthropic calls it one of its most significant single days in Asia-Pacific.

OpenAI acquires Astral, maker of uv and ruff

OpenAI is buying Astral, the company behind the widely adopted Python tools uv and ruff, with plans to fold them into its Codex coding platform. The deal hands OpenAI a foothold in the everyday Python developer workflow, though terms and the open-source roadmap remain unclear — a point of concern for a community built on those tools’ open licensing. The New Stack reported the acquisition.

Google returns to smart speakers with Gemini inside

Google has launched its first smart speaker in roughly six years, this time with Gemini as the built-in assistant and natural, multi-turn conversation. The move reopens a hardware front against Amazon’s Nova-powered Alexa and Apple’s Gemini-bound Siri, making 2026 the most competitive voice-AI cycle in years. Coverage via LLMBase.

What to watch: whether Fable 5 comes back online before the standoff hardens into precedent — and whether Google’s long-promised Gemini 3.5 Pro ships before its end-of-June window closes.

Enterprise architect Fedasil Mission This is a mission within the Fedasil agency within the ICT service. This assignment is necessary within the establishment of the FPS Migration. Fedasil strives to professionalize the data exchange between various internal applications and external sources, among other things to facilitate reporting. The chosen solution involves the implementation of a centralized data layer. In addition, the agency participates in the eMigration program, and the challenges of meeting architectural and information communication expectations are significant. eMigration is the program that sets up computerization and optimization for the following entities (DVZ, CGVS and RVV). When setting up the FPS Migration, it is desirable to arrive at a joint tobe architecture for the eMigration program and the various programs that exist within Fedasil. To successfully carry out these strategic and tactical missions for Fedasil, it is proposed to appoint an Enterprise/Business Architect, whose expertise is currently not available within the agency. That is why it has been decided to launch this function as a mission for a consultant on the market. Objectives The Enterprise Architect is responsible for compiling an inventory of applications (including Match-IT, CAAMI, Cumul, etc.). He/she must also describe all data flows within the agency, including those with external parties (Social Security Crossroads, Civil Register, partners, etc.). A significant part of this data is stored in a data warehouse.Based on this inventory, he/she can propose a targeted solution to create a centralized data layer that facilitates data exchange between applications. On the one hand, the agency can more easily generate reports from consolidated databases by cross-referencing available data. On the other hand, Fedasil’s participation in the eMigration program is optimized (in consultation with the architect of the eMigration program) by simplifying data flows within the agency and centralizing the data to be exchanged. This includes the following concrete assignments Business architect: To guarantee the link between application and data layer (see below) on the one hand and the customer on the other hand at a tactical and strategic level, a business architecture is set up. Drawing up a capability map. Application layer: Inventory and analysis of (AS IS and TO BE) application landscape. Data layer: Mapping (AS IS and TO BE) relationships and links between the above applications, data flows and proposals for optimization via Centralized Data Layer (Taking into account current architectural components Azure Data Warehouse and PowerBI and in consultation with software architect of Match-IT and the Head of Data and Analysis). Analyze current documentation and set up an action plan to get it up to standard. Analyzing synergies and gaps within your own architecture and identifying possible optimizations with the eMigration program (in consultation with the eMigration architect) and the FPS Migration. This position will initially be deployed in the context of the Support Services Working Group in the context of the establishment of the FPS Migration.This for the following domains: ICT, HR, Facility/LOG, FIN/MP. Assignments will be further adjusted and refined in mutual consultation and can be adjusted as necessary.

Required Skills

Data & Services Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Expertise

Practical Information

• Company: Agence fédérale d’Accueil des Demandeurs d’Asile (Fedasil)
• Location: Brussels – Hybrid
• Start Date: 1 September 2026
• End Date: 31 December 2026
• Duration: 7 months
• Contract Type: Freelance / Mission
• Application Deadline: 3 July 2026