Daily AI News from Seoul

Notion confirmed that AI conversation transcripts were leaked across less than 1% of total workspaces due to a security incident at its AI compute partner, Fireworks AI. The exposure extended to conversations offloaded to the external compute vendor. Senior Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives challenged the approval of Nvidia's AI semiconductor exports to China, demanding an investigation and document preservation from the Department of Commerce. The legal basis of the export licenses remains the key point of contention. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns amid board decisions, Anthropic closes its $61 billion IPO bookbuilding on day one, and Naver announces a personal AI agent app. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

Legaltech firm Legora is expanding into the public sector and has appointed former UK cabinet minister Lucy Frazer KC as its Head of Public Sector. The expansion targets government legal departments, regulatory agencies, and the courts. Anthropic has released its flagship model, Claude Fable 5.2. Its completion rate for real-world freelance tasks at a human expert level rose to 41.3%, successfully executing tasks ranging from circuit board design to formal mathematical theorem proofs. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard will deploy legal AI Harvey firmwide to approximately 3,400 lawyers and business support staff starting next January, co-developing features with Harvey. On the same day, another law firm, Fieldfisher, adopted competitor Legora firmwide. The American Arbitration Association (AAA) expanded the use of its AI arbitrator from construction disputes to documents-only business disputes across all industries. The AI drafts awards, and a human arbitrator confirms the final award. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

We examine the unveiling of Thinking Machines' Inkling 2 Small, Claude's read-only personal finance feature, and ChatGPT Images 2.6. We also look into the expansion of Amazon's home robot team and what AI device regulations signify. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

We cover Anthropic's IPO roadshow and lowered valuation expectations, alongside U.S. local governments halting AI data center construction. We also examine Google DeepMind AI agents discovering vulnerabilities in RSA encryption and Microsoft dissolving its AI research team. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

We examine discussions on converting former telephone exchanges into data centers for Nvidia, potential IPO reviews by Harvey and Legora, and OpenAI's fundraising. We also look into how AI security technologies and enterprise control features are shifting the standards of liability. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

Baidu released the weights for ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base, a foundation model designed for further training. With a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture that activates only 14 billion out of 280 billion total parameters per token, Baidu has joined the cheap inference race. In its third-quarter earnings report, bitcoin miner Riot disclosed a 15-year lease agreement to provide all 910 megawatts of its Corsicana, Texas campus to a frontier AI lab, with an initial contract value of approximately $28 billion. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

Tencent unveiled Hy4, a 770-billion-parameter open-source AI model. China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced plans to expedite the enactment of a comprehensive Basic AI Law covering data, computing power, and algorithms. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295

Private equity firm Hg, the owner of Litera, and Anthropic are jointly investing in a new venture to help European enterprises adopt AI. In an interview with the executive leading Copilot for Legal, Microsoft affirmed its long-term business commitment. Produced and provided by lawyer Kyungjin Kim. Follow on Apple Podcasts: Daily AI News from Seoul: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-ai-news-from-seoul/id1896911525 Related show: China AI, Robotics & Semiconductor Briefing: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/china-ai-robotics-semiconductor-briefing/id1896911295