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492 сюжетовBoston Dynamics назначает бывшего руководителя Amazon по ИИ Рохита Прасада генеральным директором
Boston Dynamics, которую корейские издания называют робототехнической аффилированной структурой Hyundai Motor Group, сообщила о назначении Рохита Прасада — бывшего руководителя Amazon, возглавлявшего разработку голосового ассистента Alexa —…
Asian Games exemption row: Ahn Cheol-soo urges review, defense ministry regrets remarks
People Power Party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo said on 7 October that the military service exemption for Asian Games gold medalists should be reviewed for abolition starting with this tournament, noting the rule is a presidential decree that Pre…
Россия закрыла больницу на карантин: после смерти сотрудницы лаборатории почти 200 человек под наблюдением
Сотрудница Иркутского противочумного института Сибири и Дальнего Востока умерла на прошлой неделе от пневмонии неизвестной этиологии, сообщили российские власти, а больница в городе Шелехов была закрыта на карантин. Чиновники и российские С…
Глава AMD Лиза Су посетит Корею 7 октября на Gamer Day; ожидаются переговоры об ИИ-чипах
Председатель совета директоров и генеральный директор AMD Лиза Су посетит Корею 7 октября, примерно через семь месяцев после её мартовской поездки, чтобы принять участие в мероприятии «AMD Gamer Day» в 14:00 в Dragon City в районе Йонсан-гу…
Trump announces “Super Intelligence Force” AI task force led by Jay Clayton
President Donald Trump announced Sunday the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force,” a federal task force he said will coordinate government efforts to keep the United States leading in artificial intelligence, which he has directed the fe…
Land minister says Gangnam, Yongsan home prices have turned negative
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Hong Ji-seon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that home prices in Seoul's Gangnam three districts and Yongsan have turned negative, and said price growth should ease with the market stabili…
France's Mistral releases largest open-weight AI model, Mistral Large 4
France's Mistral released Mistral Large 4, its largest open-weight AI model, nicknamed “Chonk”, on Oct 6 foreign local time, with general availability set for Oct 27. Users can download the parameters, or weights, and customize the model on…
SME Minister Lee So-young unveils startup venture regulatory innovation committee at audit
South Korea's SMEs and startups minister, Lee So-young, said on October 7 that her ministry will create a "Startup Venture Regulatory Innovation Committee" to find regulatory improvements, and set out plans to expand the small-business soci…
Korea's FSS tells 21 securities firms to shift to preventive internal audits
The Financial Supervisory Service met auditors from 21 securities firms in Seoul on Oct 7 and told them to move from audits that catch problems after the fact to preventive checks that protect investors first. The regulator cited repeated v…
KFF poll finds Medicare for All support at 66% in US, highest since 2016
A KFF poll published Tuesday found 66 percent of U.S. adults support Medicare for All, the highest level since 2016, with 32 percent saying they strongly favor a single government health plan. Support was up about 13 points from 2020, but t…
Сотрудница российской противочумной лаборатории умерла; США и ЕС заявляют, что следят за ситуацией
28-летняя сотрудница Иркутского научно-исследовательского противочумного института в Шелехове (Россия) умерла после того, как у нее диагностировали пневмонию неизвестной этиологии, сообщила государственная служба Роспотребнадзор. Около 200 …
Руководитель направления безопасности OpenAI уходит в отставку, заявляя, что культура безопасности в компании разрушена
Дэвид Робинсон, готовивший отчёты по безопасности, сопровождавшие крупные релизы моделей OpenAI, ушёл в отставку и опубликовал эссе в The Atlantic, в котором заявил, что культура компании «разрушена», а её подход к безопасности носит реакти…
Korea's top individual tax delinquent Kwon Hyuk to pay 393.8 billion won
The National Tax Service said on Oct 7 that Kwon Hyuk, chairman of Sido Group and the country's largest individual tax delinquent, has submitted a plan to pay 393.8 billion won in back taxes in full, 15 years after the tax was assessed. He …
UAE sets phased caps on salt, sugar and fat in packaged foods, fines up to Dh500,000
The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has begun implementing a resolution that caps sodium, sugar and fat in selected packaged foods, with phased limits running until the end of 2030. The rules apply to locally made and imported produ…
Корея прогнозирует ясную и прохладную погоду с суточным перепадом температур 15 градусов
Официальный прогноз Южной Кореи и местные издания предсказали преимущественно ясное небо на вторник, 6 октября, и среду, 7 октября, с холодным утром и суточным перепадом температур около 15 градусов Цельсия. Прогноз на вторник включал утрен…
S. Korea farm minister says minor farmland survey violations won't be punished
Agriculture minister Song Mi-ryung told a parliamentary audit on Oct 7 that most ordinary, customary violations found in the government's full farmland survey would not be punished, and that the government has no plan or reason to confiscat…
Russia denies plague after worker at Siberian institute dies of unknown pneumonia
A woman who worked at a plague-control research institute in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia has died; Japanese outlets differ on whether she died on Oct 1 or Oct 2. Russian authorities say the cause was “pneumonia of unknown cau…
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
South Korea re-designates 92 population decline regions, adding Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon and Tongyeong
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-designated 92 cities, counties and districts as population decline regions on Oct. 7, up from 89 in the first designation five years ago. Busan's Geumjeong-gu, Gyeonggi's Dongducheon and …