A study said increasing vegetable output alone may not guarantee healthy diets and that the range of vegetables and varietal diversity must also be protected. Researchers warned that declines in seeds, varieties and wild relatives narrow options for nutrient-rich and climate-resilient vegetables. They identified at least 1,482 vegetable species and found production and consumption concentrated in a few crops. Reviews showed genetic diversity declines in 80 percent of studies, while about 24 percent of assessed wild relatives were threatened with extinction.

South Korean AI security company StealCut said on Monday it raised seed funding from Mashup Ventures. The startup operates StealCut Protect, which blocks deepfake compositing in advance, and StealCut Detect, which finds AI-generated or manipulated images and videos. StealCut said it is in talks to provide services to domestic broadcasters and large law firms. It has filed five patents in South Korea, the United States and Europe and won a U.S. Commerce Department pitching competition in May.