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Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed US diplomats to counter allied fears of a tech kill switch. A June 12 ban on non-US access to Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models, later reversed, fueled European digital sovereignty concerns. Rubio's cable calls the narrative exaggerated and discourages foreign digital sovereignty initiatives.
The Irish government canceled a Microsoft procurement framework valued between €750 million and €1 billion after concerns from an interested party. Opposition deputy leader Cian O'Callaghan pressed for European alternatives like LibreOffice and Nextcloud, citing digital sovereignty. The government plans to publish a new Microsoft tender as soon as feasible.
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