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South Korea will invest 22.5 billion won (US$14.7 million) through 2029 to develop AI models tailored for research and development, the ministry of science and ICT announced. The funding will support six projects in stra…
On May 18, Starbucks Korea launched a "Tank Day" coffee promotion, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju massacre, sparking public backlash. The timing of the promotion raised questions about whether artifi…
Ukrainian officials and European analysts now say the country is shifting from a survival mindset to a winning posture in its war with Russia, driven largely by advances in uncrewed systems and artificial intelligence. U…
Labour MP Jess Asato filed a High Court claim on 3 June against xAI, arguing the company is directly liable for sexualised deepfake images of her that users generated with its Grok AI tool. The lawsuit tests whether an A…
Tyler Cowen argues against recriminalizing marijuana in a new Free Press column, stating that increased government paternalism is less workable in an era of low institutional credibility and advanced surveillance. He sug…
A developer has built an AI-powered tax assistant for Pakistan's freelancers and salaried employees, addressing the country's 9-10% tax-to-GDP ratio by simplifying the complex Income Tax Ordinance 2001. The tool uses lar…
The Korea Times and GR Korea will jointly host a forum titled “Made in Korea: Global and AI Enablement” on June 9 at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul. The event will bring together business, go…
Attackers are using artificial intelligence to compress the vulnerability lifecycle from discovery to mass exploitation, making defenders' traditional assumption of having time to triage and patch disclosures obsolete. A…
At the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026, India Today Group vice-chairperson Kalli Purie argued that artificial intelligence should support rather than replace human editorial judgment in newsrooms. Purie s…
Companies are facing unprecedented costs for artificial intelligence infrastructure as massive investments in AI systems come due, with expenses far exceeding initial projections. The financial burden is straining corpor…
Organizations preparing for CMMC and FedRAMP 20x often check 110 requirements but overlook the 320 assessment objectives beneath them, according to Secureframe's Head of Cybersecurity and Compliance Marc Rubbinaccio. Spo…
The James G. Martin Center published an opinion piece on June 4, 2026, warning that high school students are using artificial intelligence to draft, brainstorm, and polish college application essays. The essay argues tha…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2 directing federal agencies to develop AI cybersecurity benchmarks and create a clearinghouse for vulnerability information. The order asks AI developers to volun…
Cross-organization agent delegation requires three distinct identities—the delegating agent, the receiving agent, and the end user—to be verified by three separate authorities that do not share a common trust root. The b…
SoftBank Group's concentrated investments in OpenAI have driven a 70% share rally this year but also raised borrowing and credit concerns, with S&P Global Ratings revising the conglomerate's credit outlook to negative. S…
A United Nations University report projects that global data centers could consume nearly 3% of the world's electricity by 2030, rising to 935 trillion watt-hours from 448 trillion watt-hours. The report attributes rough…
Data center critic Andy Masley argues that most local concerns about data centers are based on misinformation, citing only CO2 emissions, noise pollution, and specific cases like Elon Musk's facilities as valid issues. H…
A blinded evaluation of short-answer tutoring in contracts courses with 16 U.S. law professors found that professors rated large language model (LLM) responses far higher than those written by their peers, with an averag…
An organization exposed all user passwords by storing them in plain text within Active Directory description fields, making it trivial for attackers to harvest credentials. The security lapse allowed a hacker to easily r…
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Executive Order 2026-03 on June 3, directing state agencies to deliver policy recommendations within 60 days for responsible data center development. The order aims to balance economic…