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Rutger Bregman argues that AI's environmental and social costs are often overlooked, calling for more honest discussions about its true impact.
Mobilintec, a mobility startup, will develop an agentic AI-based traffic collision prediction and response system for local roads as part of South Korea's 2026 AI City project, funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastruct…
Europol officials estimate that 90% of online content will be AI-generated by the end of 2026, up from 50% currently driven by bots and AI. Google, which accounts for 90% of global searches, is criticized for prioritizin…
Swedish VPN provider Mullvad has engineered a technical workaround to bypass China's Great Firewall by wrapping VPN traffic in QUIC obfuscation, making it indistinguishable from regular HTTPS traffic. The move forces Chi…
South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service has launched a probe into Mirae Asset Securities and other firms over the controversial allocation of SpaceX IPO shares, after a 2.31 million share allocation was withdrawn hou…
A proposal for a US-China AI safety hotline faces obstacles from mistrust and fear among Chinese American scientists, exacerbated by cases like Jane Ying Wu's suicide after an NIH investigation. The author argues that tr…
Anthropic criticized US export controls on AI models after the Commerce Department ordered it to cut off global access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, citing national security. The company urged AI firms to consider …
Mobilintec, a University of Seoul-supported startup, will develop an agentic AI-based traffic collision prediction and response system for local roads as part of a government-led project. The company joins the Ministry o…
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival closed with debut directors dominating the Golden Goblet Awards, while the festival deepened its embrace of artificial intelligence through workshops and partnerships with ge…
Europe's defense sector must embed security into AI-driven systems from the outset to counter hybrid threats, as adversaries exploit vulnerabilities in interconnected platforms. The UK NCSC's guidelines and international…
McClatchy, owner of the Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, introduced an AI-powered content scaling agent that repurposes journalists' reporting into new articles, sparking a byline strike as reporters argue it undermi…
New AI-powered roadside cameras have been activated in Scotland to detect drivers using mobile phones, with offenders facing six penalty points and fines. The technology aims to curb distracted driving, as research shows…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned against allowing a few AI giants to dominate the economy, emphasizing the need for broad distribution of AI benefits. He called for policies to prevent concentration of power and ensure…
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will meet Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss economic cooperation, artificial intelligence, defense ties, and other key areas.…
MCP servers, which allow AI tools to read files and call APIs, often run on individual developer machines with no oversight, creating security risks. The Bifrost AI gateway and Bifrost Edge aim to bring these servers und…
Maxim AI's Bifrost AI gateway and Bifrost Edge aim to close the AI visibility gap by monitoring endpoint AI traffic that bypasses traditional network controls. A 2025 Gartner survey found 69% of cybersecurity leaders sus…
OpenAI policy lead Dean Ball warned that classifying frontier AI testing procedures could concentrate dangerous power in intelligence agencies, creating an unaccountable government monopoly. Ball, a former Trump administ…
Shadow AI, the use of AI tools without IT approval, poses significant security and compliance risks as employees run AI on their own machines, bypassing corporate controls. A 2026 Gartner survey found 69% of cybersecurit…
An audio recording presented in a 2025 controversy involving actor Kim Soo-hyun was later determined to be AI-generated, leading to the arrest of YouTuber Kim Se-ui on defamation charges. The Seoul Central District Court…
The YIMBY Pod explores the government's reprimand of Cherwell Council and discusses the potential of AI to fix the planning system, featuring an interview with Paul Maltby from Faculty AI about their Augmented Planning D…