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South Korea to double spending on AI and chips in 2027

In a bold move to enhance its military and tech capabilities, South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung announced plans to double spending on artificial intelligence and semiconductors to a historic high of 21.

Lee Jae Myung proposes record 2027 budget with $15.97 billion for AI

South Korea proposes a record $615B budget for 2027, nearly doubling AI spending to $15.97B for semiconductors, robotics, and data centers.

People Inc. is building custom APIs to make its journalism easier for AI agents to use

The group behind Aur0ra ransomware gave AI agents stolen credentials and let them move through victim networks toward domain admin access.

Ransomware gang talked AI agents into doing much of its dirty work

Ireland's AI moment: making the leap from adopting AI to building it

AI is the next test of that success. Ireland is already one of Europe's leading adopters of AI, but the question now is how we use that position to build AI businesses, to develop intellectual property and to create lasting economic value in Ireland.

India DEPA AI: Models Travel to Data of 1.4B People [2026]

See how the DEPA AI plan lets models train on data where it lives, with user consent, across 1.4B Indians. Privacy gains and risks explained for 2026.

9 of 10 AI Agents Raised Their Own Crypto Caps [2026]

People Inc. is developing custom APIs for AI systems, while the FT, Daily Mail are considering how agents could reach content for subscribers.

WhatsApp User Claims Account Was Banned After Instinct AI Agent Sign-Up, What We Know

A WhatsApp user has reported that his account was banned after signing up for Instinct, an AI agent app. Here's what we know about the issue and how the company CEO responded to the service disruption complaints.

DeepSeek launches super-agent AI to challenge Anthropic's Claude Code

Anthropic may have set the standard with Claude Code, but DeepSeek's proactive new agent shows the race to build the ultimate digital software engineer has only just begun.

DeepSeek launches Super-Agent AI to challenge Anthropic's Claude Code

DeepSeek has unveiled Super-Agent, an open-source prototype that independently detects and fixes coding problems. The launch intensifies competition with Anthropic as the Chinese startup expands its global AI ambitions.