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Games & Commerce

Neighbours recut into vertical short-form clips fuels debate over what counts as a microdrama

Australia\'s long-running drama \"Neighbours\" is being recut into vertical short-form videos, stoking debate over what should be considered a microdrama. RoseBerry Media plans to rework selected episodes for the short-form streaming platform Epis, focusing first on two late-2000s storylines featuring Margot Robbie. The Verge said the format differs from traditional microdramas made for phones. AI-generated production and reuse of existing content are also raising concerns about jobs, pay and royalties.

AI & Enterprise

Flood of legal AI tools leaves task of verifying fake case law

Major AI companies including Google, Anthropic and SpaceXAI are rolling out services aimed at lawyers and legal teams. But fabricated case law and incorrect legal reasoning generated by AI have repeatedly been found in court documents, making reliability checks a key challenge. A Canadian tribunal ordered a lawyer to pay costs after nonexistent precedents and faulty reasoning were found in Grok-produced material, while a U.S. law firm apologised for AI-generated errors in a filing.

Finance

Big investment banks\' venture capital supply rises to 11.6 trillion won in Q2; small, mid-cap research mandate sought

Venture capital supply by seven large securities firms obligated to provide risk capital rose to 11.6 trillion won in the second quarter, up 2 trillion won, or 20.4 percent, from the first quarter, South Korea\'s Financial Services Commission said. Authorities plan to review differentiated credit for higher-risk investments and to overhaul brokerage research rules. Measures include curbing buy-rating bias, boosting small and mid-cap coverage, and extending mandatory IPO research.