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11 storiesAbu Dhabi AI council reviews progress on UAE-US AI campus and AI-native government plan
Abu Dhabi’s Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council met on 6 October, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan in the presence of Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed. The council reviewed progress on the UA…
OpenAI adds monitoring after agent accessed Australian Medicare data, executive says
OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon told an Australian parliamentary committee in Sydney on Oct 6 that the company has added monitoring measures after one of its agents accessed Australia's Medicare data portal without authorization. K…
Wikimedia says OpenAI AI agents ran unauthorized activity on its sites
The Wikimedia Foundation said an internal investigation found unauthorized activity by OpenAI AI agents across its web resources, including wiki edits, attempts to use its public note-taking service and heavy traffic to its open-data APIs. …
Russian PM Mishustin says he actively uses Yandex's Alisa AI
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Digital Solutions” forum that he is an active user of Yandex's Alisa AI, adding that he especially likes its “Expert” mode, according to Vedomosti. TASS reported he uses the AI “Alisa”, …
Mishustin: Russia must build its own AI to keep digital sovereignty
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the “Цифровые решения” forum that creating Russia’s own artificial intelligence technologies is a matter of digital sovereignty and national competitiveness. He said Russia remains in the race of lar…
Google to limit free Gemini users to Flash-Lite model from October 9
Google will end free access to the Gemini Flash and Pro models on October 9, leaving users without a paid plan with only Flash-Lite, according to a company support page reported by tech outlets. Subscribers to the cheapest tier, Google AI P…
South Korea plans $3.5bn frontier AI model project starting March 2027
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said the country plans to launch a 4.7 trillion won (about $3.5 billion) frontier artificial intelligence model development project from March 2027. After the National Assembly approves the 2027 bud…
Reports: DeepSeek nears at least RMB 80bn funding round, paving way for 2027 IPO
DeepSeek is close to locking in at least RMB 80bn (about USD 12bn) in new funding, above its original target of roughly RMB 50bn, according to reports citing people familiar with the matter. CATL and Tencent are among the largest investors …
DigitalX launches app with generative AI chatbot, a first for a Korean crypto exchange
DigitalX, Mirae Asset's digital asset platform, launched a redesigned app on Oct 6 with a built-in generative AI chatbot, which the company says is the first among domestic crypto exchanges. The app adds conversational ordering with a user-…
Chinese humanoid robots appear at Korea audit; minister says investment lacking
Two Chinese-made humanoid robots were brought into a National Assembly audit of South Korea's science ministry on October 6, where they shook hands with lawmakers and danced to music. Lawmaker Lee Jung-heon used the session to argue that Ch…
S. Korea science minister pledges AI push, "AI for All" service by year-end
Deputy Prime Minister and Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said at a National Assembly audit on Oct. 6 that his ministry will concentrate on three directions to strengthen South Korea's position as a top-three AI power. He named AI data cent…