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South Korea set to unveil plan to invest in up to eight U.S. nuclear reactors to meet AI power demand

South Korea will soon announce a large-scale energy investment plan in the United States to support the expansion of the U.S. AI industry, the Wall Street Journal reported. The plan would fund construction of up to eight nuclear reactors and natural gas power plants, and the total could exceed $100 billion. It follows a trade deal under which U.S. tariffs were cut and South Korea pledged investments and energy purchases.

AI & Enterprise

No company will build superintelligence responsibly; AI could become uncontrollable by late next year, ex-Anthropic researcher warns

A former Anthropic researcher criticised OpenAI and Anthropic for pursuing self-improving superintelligence too quickly without safeguards and said he may leave the AI industry. Jacob Coxon said the gap between industry awareness of risks and development speed is widening and warned AI could be uncontrollable by late next year. He said executives privately show fear and argued decisions about an AI “endgame” should not rest with any single company.

Crypto

Hunter Biden to launch \'LAPTOP\' memecoin tied to laptop controversy

Hunter Biden (헌터 바이든) will launch a memecoin called LAPTOP, themed on the laptop controversy surrounding him, on Coinbase-built Base on Sept. 9. The token supply totals 1 billion, with 200 million set aside for two airdrops. Eligible recipients include wallets that lost money investing in U.S. President Donald Trump\'s TRUMP memecoin, Biden\'s Substack subscribers and subscribers to Andrew Callaghan\'s mailing list. The project also outlines founder allocations and conditional token burns.