KOSPI plunges 11% as Samsung, SK Hynix drag on China AI fears
South Korea's KOSPI plunged nearly 11% as Samsung and SK Hynix sold off on China AI fears and spending doubts; bitcoin slid about 2%.
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Polymarket traders price GPT-6 at 71.5% odds by Sept 30
Bettors on the prediction market give GPT-6 a 71.5% chance of launching by Sept. 30, down from 73.5% a day earlier, as Altman heads to Washington.
Federal judge blocks Minnesota’s prediction-market ban
Judge Katherine Menendez granted Kalshi, Polymarket and the CFTC a preliminary injunction, finding the state law likely violates federal commodities law.
Binance reroutes police requests through foreign governments, NYT says
The New York Times reports Binance's April 2025 policy sends many law-enforcement data requests through foreign governments, slowing European probes.
Lido begins moving $16.5B in staked ether to cut validator count
Lido's Curated Module v2 consolidates 8 million ETH onto post-Pectra validators, shrinking Ethereum's validator set by about a third.
7 of 9 top Hugging Face models undressed a clothed woman
AI Forensics found 7 of 9 popular image models on Hugging Face turned a photo of a clothed woman topless, exposing weak safeguards against deepfake abuse.
Baidu begins Apollo Go RT6 robotaxi testing in London
Baidu has begun road-testing purpose-built Apollo Go RT6 robotaxis in London's Brent borough with safety operators aboard, ahead of public rides in 2027.
EU AI Act transparency rules require AI labels Aug 2
From Aug 2, EU firms must label AI-generated content like deepfakes and chatbot replies, or face fines under the bloc's sweeping AI Act transparency rules.
Amodei: Anthropic never backed an open-weights model ban
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the company has never backed a ban on open-weights models, calling for chip controls on China and mandatory safety testing.
OpenAI nears $500B Ohio data center with Nvidia backstop
OpenAI is negotiating a Nvidia backstop of up to $250 billion to fund a roughly 10-gigawatt, about $500 billion data center campus in Pike County, Ohio.