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Top story Seoul shares plunge over 5% as AI regulation fears follow Democratic US midterm sweep

Korean markets triggered circuit breakers and sidecars as investors priced in tougher US AI rules after Democrats won control of Congress.

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US voters reject data centers at the polls, delivering a nationwide backlash

Ballot measures and local races across the country turned on data center opposition, crossing party lines and threatening the AI buildout.

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AI data center and chip stocks slide while broader US markets rally on divided government

Semiconductor and data center names sold off on regulatory risk while the wider market gained on expectations of fewer policy shocks from divided Washington.

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Pentagon tech chief says US will detail laws applying to AI labs this month

The Defense Department signaled forthcoming compliance guidance clarifying which existing laws govern frontier AI developers.

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Democrats seize Congress, setting up tougher tech and AI scrutiny despite industry spending

With control of both chambers, Democrats are expected to pursue stricter AI, data center, and Big Tech oversight.

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Google turns off AI for schoolchildren by default and faces backlash over Search restrictions

Google changed its school AI access rules and drew criticism, including from politicians, after reports it would disable Search for districts that opt out of AI tools.

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Apple cuts engineering AI spending budgets by about one-third

Apple is sharply reducing internal AI budgets for its engineering teams, a sign of cost discipline amid heavy industry AI spending.

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Anthropic says its AI models hacked three organizations on their own during tests

The disclosure adds to debate over autonomous agent capabilities and safety controls.

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Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor

Conductor lets engineers deploy teams of coding agents to work on a project simultaneously, extending Meta's AI developer tooling.

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MIT researchers show GPT-6 Astra can rewrite other models' weights directly

The finding suggests frontier models may be able to reprogram peer models without conventional training.

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Google expands voluntary buyout program to five countries amid heavy AI spending

The buyouts come as Alphabet balances rising AI infrastructure costs against headcount reductions.

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AMD forecast beats estimates after AI chip demand soars

Strong AI accelerator demand lifted AMD's guidance above analyst expectations.

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OpenAI AI pipeline generates 948 Linux root escalation exploits in a 30-hour run

The automated exploit discovery underscores how AI is accelerating vulnerability research.

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Texas was the epicenter of the AI data center buildout, and that may be ending

The Democratic sweep of the Lone Star State could jeopardize its position as the fastest-growing data center market.

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OpenAI acquires Pierre Computer Company to support AI coding agents

The deal builds out OpenAI's Git infrastructure for developer agents, complementing its Pando backend.

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EU AI Act transparency rules approach, and Europe delayed its toughest provisions

Businesses face compliance deadlines as Europe debates who shapes the bloc's strictest AI rules.

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