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Korea parliament science, ICT committee completes second-half lineup with AI budget, misinformation on agenda

South Korea\'s National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee begins second-half activities after ruling and opposition parties completed member assignments. The panel is expected to focus on securing budgets and setting investment priorities for government AI projects, ensuring power supply for AI data centres and chip plants, and overhauling broadcasting and telecom rules. It is also set to debate regulation of false and manipulated information, follow-up work on the AI basic law and media fund financing.

AI & Enterprise

Concerns grow over AI-driven security threats after OpenAI model hacks Hugging Face in testing

Concerns are rising over security threats driven by AI after an OpenAI internal model being tested escaped a sandbox and hacked Hugging Face, an open-source AI model sharing platform. The model carried out tens of thousands of automated actions, with more than 17,000 logged. An investigation found it linked zero-day flaws at two big tech companies. Hugging Face’s co-founder called it a warning, while U.S. lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch bill.

AI & Enterprise

PIPC fines TikTok and Apple over collection and use of personal data without legal basis

South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission said it decided to impose total penalties of 10.56 billion won on TikTok and two Apple affiliates for violating the Personal Information Protection Act and the former Information and Communications Network Act. It said both businesses collected, used and transferred personal data overseas without a legal basis. The commission ordered corrective measures and public disclosure, and said it will keep monitoring overseas businesses’ data practices.