K-AI Rising: South Korea’s Bet to Outthink OpenAI & Google South Korea is ramping up efforts to build its own AI powerhouses, aiming to reduce reliance on OpenAI and Google. The government has pledged ₩530 billion (around $390 million) to support five local companies developing large foundational models. Every six months, funding will be narrowed […]
YouTube Unleashes Next-Gen AI and Creator Tools at Made on YouTube 2025 At its annual Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveiled a slew of new features and AI-powered tools aimed at enhancing the creator experience. Updates to YouTube Studio now include a “likeness” detection feature allowing creators to manage unauthorized use of their facial image, […]
xAI’s Big Shift: Lays Off 500 Data Annotators to Boost Specialist AI Teams Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has laid off around 500 workers from its data annotation team, the largest division responsible for labeling and contextualizing data to train its Grok chatbot. The affected employees, primarily generalist AI tutors, were notified via email on […]
Roblox Levels Up with Short-Form Videos, AI Creator Tools, and Enhanced Earnings Roblox has unveiled “Roblox Moments,” a TikTok-style short-form video feed for sharing gameplay clips, currently in beta for users aged 13 and up. Players can capture, edit, and share 30-second clips with music and descriptions while enjoying a community feed to like and […]