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“GPT-4o Makes a Comeback” as Korean ChatGPT Usage Climbs OpenAI Adjusts GPT-5 Personality Amid Concerns Over ‘AI Psychosis’ User Backlash Forces Company to Restore Access to Earlier Models OpenAI’s generative AI tool “ChatGPT” has reached its high

Europe Alarmed by Security Risks and Unfair Competition from Chinese Wind Firms China Tightens Grip on Global Market with Price Competitiveness, Europe’s Share in Decline Korea’s Nakwol Offshore Project Draws Security Red Flags over Illegal Chinese Vessel Deployment

Delayed crash reports by up to several months Investigation into compliance of submitted reports Facing lawsuits over concealing critical risks of Robotaxis Demonstration of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system / Photo = Te

95% of Firms Adopting AI Report Little to No Results Even OpenAI Expands Its Business to Boost Profitability What Strategies Are Global Tech Giants Using to Monetize AI? A recent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reve

Record User Growth, but Plunging Trust in TechnologyTalent War Ends, Sudden Strategic Shift

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Domestic Weakness and Overheated Competition Driving Market Limits Expansion of Overseas Investment Centered on Batteries and Assembly Plants Factory Expansion in Europe and Southeast Asia by BYD and Chery Automobile China’s electric vehic

Restructuring Left to Corporate Autonomy Government: “Submit Consolidation Plans” Industry: “A Stopgap That Shifts Burden to Companies” The government has drawn its sword in a bid to rescue the domestic petrochemical industry, now on the brink of

Meta betting on display, Google and Samsung on XR Big Tech accelerating differentiated strategies in smart glasses Chinese tech giants joining the race with payment and content integration Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, weari

Valuations Reset After OverheatingBehind Rapid Growth: Rising Investment and Costs

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15% workforce reduction in the first half, following last year’s cuts Additional layoffs possible amid failure to secure foundry demand New plant projects canceled, targeting 22% downsizing by year-end Intel is pressing ahead with large-scale res

The Born Korea Faces Image Crisis Amid Criticism of CEO Baek Is the Culture of Celebrity Backlash Going Too Far? Calls Grow for Both Social Reflection and Institutional Reform Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea /

Voluntary retirement for senior employees to facilitate workforce renewal Global No.

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Chinese Firms Renouncing National Identity Impact of Domestic Sanctions and U.S.

Chinese Micro-Drama Boom User base climbs 7% to 660 million Generates billions in U.S.

GPT-5’s advanced capabilities cause a dramatic surge in power consumption Developer OpenAI acknowledges the growing challenge Big Tech companies rapidly building new data centers, heightening risks of power shortages Analysts warn that OpenAI

For two decades, we've treated language as a human input/output problem: fingers to type, lungs and lips to speak, and years of training to master a second language. That design hypothesis has just been broken. In August 2025, a team led by Stanford reported a brain implant that decoded "internal speech" — silent, self-generated words — at the command with up to 74% accuracy from a vocabulary of 125,000 words,  protected by a thought password that prevented accidental decoding in about 98% of cases.