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South Korea and France are each putting in 500 million euros for a ten-year, 1 billion-euro push to support independent film and TV, counter AI and streaming monopolies, and defend cultural sovereignty.
Bill Gates warns that AI is advancing too fast, proposes a "token tax" to slow job displacement and fund social safety nets, and calls for global coordination—otherwise, AI could become the most unjust force in history.
Because Samsung has been deeply intertwined with the South Korean economy for decades, millions of Korean retail investors borrowed heavily to bet on Samsung during the AI boom, but when the stock crashed, not only were leveraged investors forcibly liquidated, but even those who never owned Samsung shares could not escape due to pension allocations and export dependence, leaving the entire nation collectively trapped.
English summary (one sentence): Although the U.S. AI data-center boom has driven blue-collar wages sky-high and prompted tech giants to launch crash training programs, the real shortage is for highly skilled engineers, and some workers hesitate to build the very infrastructure that may displace jobs and harm the environment.
The influx of Moroccan migrants into Spain’s Ceuta has prompted EU countries to reinstate internal border checks; although the Schengen visa has not been abolished immediately, the convenience of cross‑border travel has already been significantly eroded.
With Hassabis stepping back and veterans like Jeff Dean leaving, Google is pinning its entire hope for Gemini's comeback on Koray Kavukcuoglu—a former missile engineer turned AI fixer who excels at resolving technical and organizational friction—and his first major test will be Gemini 4.
OpenAI is stealing Apple’s trade secrets and confidential information at every level.