The government will reopen applications to fill the project director post for the AI scientist mission under the K-Moonshot project, which had become vacant. The National Research Council of Science and Technology is reported to have tabled a recruitment plan at a recent written meeting. It plans to run an open hiring process for about two weeks and expects the selected director to start around September. The role became vacant after a resignation citing conflicts of interest.

As AI coding tools spread, developers are increasingly using the term \"harness engineering\" to describe designing how AI is directed and used. An Su-bin (안수빈), a research engineer at Asteromorph, defines it as \"giving hands and feet to AI work\". The concept covers structuring tasks through an LLM context window, setting system prompts, using retrieval-augmented generation and calling tools. Related ideas include context engineering, reusable \"skills\" and multi-agent patterns.