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AI & Enterprise
Two Thinking Machines Lab co-founders return to OpenAI
Two co-founders of Thinking Machines Lab, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, are leaving the company to return to OpenAI, TechCrunch reported on Jan. 15. Murati said co-founder and CTO Barrett Zoph is departing and that Sumit Chintala has been appointed the new CTO. She did not mention co-founder Luke Metz. OpenAI applications CEO Fidji Simo later said Zoph, Metz and Sam Schoenholz are returning.
AI & Enterprise
AWS launches EU sovereign cloud, announces expansion plans
Amazon Web Services will officially launch a Europe-tailored sovereign cloud in Germany, CNBC reported on Jan. 15. The cloud stores and processes data only within a designated region and restricts external access. CNBC said the move is aimed at maintaining the dominance of U.S. technology companies as data protection rules tighten in Europe. AWS is building the sovereign cloud in Brandenburg and plans to invest 9.6 trillion won by 2040 and expand to Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal.
Crypto
Noise raises $7.1 million in seed round, targets attention markets not prediction markets
Crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm led a $7.1 million seed funding round for New York-based startup Noise, The Block reported on Jan. 14. Existing pre-seed investors Figment Capital and Anagram joined, along with strategic investors GSR, JPEG Trading and KaitoAI. Noise offers an “attention market” that allows users to bet on topics that will remain in the spotlight online, combining elements of Google Trends and prediction markets.
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Crypto
Bitwise launches Chainlink ETF
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Crypto
Bitnomial launches first U.S. regulated Aptos futures
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Crypto
Ethereum staking hits record high with 30 percent of ETH supply locked
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AI & Enterprise
MSIT attends Korea-ASEAN digital ministerial meeting to boost AI, digital cooperation
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AI & Enterprise
LG AI Research pledges to make K-EXAONE the world's top AI model
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AI & Enterprise
Naver Cloud not reviewing second bid for national AI project as industry calculations grow more complex
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AI & Enterprise
Government to add one elite team in homegrown foundation model project
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Finance
KOSPI 5,000 countdown as government tightens stock manipulation surveillance
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AI & Enterprise
Baek Kyung-hoon and climate ministry hold energy policy meeting
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Games & Commerce
KakaoGames to hold PUBG PC bang nationwide tour event
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AI & Enterprise
Govt launches repechage for sovereign AI foundation model project after first review
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Finance
Token securities legal framework takes first step as parliament passes revisions
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People
Korea Exchange chairman Jung Eun-bo joins youth illegal online gambling campaign
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AI & Enterprise
KT joins Defense AI Leaders Forum as co-chair, signs MOU
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Finance
KOSPI ends near 4,800 after 10th straight session of gains