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A Seoul office worker signed up for a dollar-denominated annuity to benefit from a strong U.S. currency but later considered canceling due to concerns over undisclosed fees and currency risks. Demand for such products ha…
A University at Buffalo student was falsely accused of AI cheating after Turnitin's detector flagged his original work as AI-generated. Universities including Vanderbilt, MIT, and the University of Iowa have disabled or …
NVIDIA and CIO report that 30-49% of AI projects fail in one-third of organizations, with 94% of executives viewing AI as critical for success. CIOs and CDOs must establish ModelOps lifecycles, educate business leaders, …
AI training startup Mode Inc has acquired two consumer apps, Trimbox and QR Code Reader, bringing its total buyouts to seven in the past year. The company pays users for their data, including receipts, emails, and photos…
Tata Consultancy Services will book a $70 million charge after the US Supreme Court declined to hear its appeal in a trade-secrets dispute with DXC Technology, closing the last legal avenue in a case dating to 2019. The …
The Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity will host UN secretary-general candidates next week on Jeju Island, featuring sessions on AI governance, U.S.-China relations, and Korean Peninsula security. Confirmed participants…
GS Group launches a youth AI training program, 52g ReBoot Camp, in July as part of a South Korean government-led initiative to equip young job seekers with practical AI skills. The program will recruit 120 participants i…
Italy's antitrust regulator opened a probe into Apple's cloud services under the EU's Digital Markets Act, examining whether the company's conduct violates competition law. The investigation adds to Apple's existing regu…
Hong Kong's privacy watchdog launched the Hong Kong International Data Privacy Academy on Tuesday to develop top talent in the sector, aligning with the national strategy to make the city a global talent hub. The academy…
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek closed its first outside funding round at roughly $7bn, valuing the company between $52bn and $59bn. Founder Liang Wenfeng contributed 20 billion yuan of his own money to maintain control, while T…
China's universities have revoked or suspended 12,200 undergraduate degree programs and introduced 10,200 new ones between 2021 and 2025, affecting over 30% of all programs. The cuts target arts, humanities, and manageme…
Specialist tech recruiter SThree reported a 19% drop in net fees across the UK in the first half of the year, reflecting a broader hiring slump in the region. The decline was driven by companies pausing hiring and cuttin…
Russian and Chinese actors are using AI to enhance influence operations on X, improving content quality, multilingual reach, and visuals rather than increasing volume, according to a GBHackers analysis. OpenAI reported r…
Wingman drones, also called collaborative combat aircraft, were showcased at the Berlin airshow by Airbus, Boeing, Helsing, and General Atomics. The systems range from small interceptors to larger unmanned jets designed …
Boomi released research commissioned to Omdia showing that 74% of Asia Pacific organizations have active AI initiatives, but only 46% use a platform-led integration approach and nearly a quarter cannot measure AI success…
The EU AI Act's August 2, 2026 deadline imposes transparency obligations and enforcement powers over foundation models, while a provisional agreement delays high-risk AI compliance until December 2027. Developers must en…
President Lee Jae Myung will attend the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, to discuss global challenges including wars in Ukraine and Iran, financial instability, and AI risks. This marks the second consecutive year S…
Upstage CEO Sung Kim cited Anthropic's compliance with US export controls by disabling its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models worldwide as evidence that countries must develop sovereign AI capabilities. Kim argued that dependen…
Two small-town Texas mayors, Jim Jaska of Ross and Charles Wilson of Lacy Lakeview, are divided over a proposed $10 billion AI data center by Infrakey, as Lacy Lakeview moves to annex the site and collect up to $50 milli…
Security leaders are racing to govern AI agents before production deployment, but most lack a clear stack. A new framework identifies four essential primitives: an identity-aware proxy for real-time authentication and lo…