South Korea ranked third in the number of notable artificial intelligence models released last year, behind the United States and China, the Ministry of Science and ICT said on April 14, citing Stanford University’s Human-Centered AI Institute. The report also put South Korea first globally in AI patents per 100,000 people and first in the increase in AI adoption rankings. It ranked fourth for industrial robot installations.

Gabriel Zucman, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, has proposed a 2 percent minimum annual tax on people with net assets above 100 million euros, reigniting debate over taxing billionaires. A short new book helped trigger a vote in France’s parliament and put a policy plan on the G20 agenda. Zucman argues tax systems are regressive and backs international coordination and exit taxes to curb avoidance.