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AI agents that provide ‘economic value’ are next frontier, says Meta AI research chief

The next frontier of artificial intelligence will be agents that can perform “economically valuable” work across a broad range of real-world domains, according to Dawn Song, Meta Platforms’ new vice-president of AI research. “The goal is not to replace humans,” Song told the South China Morning Post last week on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, also known as Summer Davos, days before joining Meta. “But we want these AI agents to be more effective in these important real-world...

Europe’s strategic autonomy starts on the road

As the EU pursues resilience and competitiveness, one critical enabler is being overlooked: commercial road transport.

Americas, Europe crude oil production surge shifts global trade westward

목포, 전통연희극 '똥벼락' 오는 18일 공연

AI 생성 영상목포문화예술회관이 여름방학을 맞아 어린이와 가족 관객을 위한 특별공연을 연다고 29일 밝혔다.목포문화예술회관은 7월18일 오후 3시 기획공연 창작연희극 ‘똥벼락’을 선보인다. 전통연희와 연극이 어우러진 가족 공연으로, 5세 이상 관람할 수 있다.이번 공연은 문화체육관광부와 예술경영지원센터가 주관하는 ‘2026년 공연예술 지역유통 지원사업’ 선정작이다. 이 작품은 김회경 작가의 동화책 ‘똥벼락’을 원작으로 한다. 작품은 우리 농경문화에서 거름으로 활용된 똥의 의미를 유쾌하게 풀어내며, 어린이 관객이 생명의 순환과 자연의

AI in Game Development: Gamedev Tips, Tools, Techniques, and GPT / LLM Agent Integration

A game engine that might be interesting for newcomers is Godot . I’ve just started using it, so I can’t say much yet, but it’s interesting. I wish the engine had existed a few years earlier. I’m interested if there are developers who have already worked with Godot and can share their opinions about the engine. (When Unity betrayed its customers, I left. That was very painful because I had invested a lot of time. Unfortunately, chatbots didn’t exist back then and setting up took a lot of time. If there had been chatbots at that time, I probably would have had at least one completed game. After these experiences, I decided to only use open-source tools now. Finally I’m switching to Blender as well. Unfortunately there are limitations regarding programming languages for me, because I absolutely hate C. But let’s see what happens when I actually find the time and motivation to start such a demanding project again.) Hope some team will take up Mono development again, since it’s now much easier to code… And hope chatty helps to transcode some of the unity codes. This was a test for a object generator for blender, spend months for such things in the past, transcoded in only some days with gpt. (Yes not a game, but a object for one.) I think it is easy possible to create a story telling Game with llm. But i would use a fast offline model for this. (I still like old fashion jump and run games with story the most. I am not so much a online gamer, so not a zombie killer, and not enough…

Accenture, TCS are the first dominoes to fall in the remaking of IT jobs

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셀렉트스타, 과기부 에이전틱 얼라이언스 합류...AI 신뢰성 검증 맡는다

셀렉트스타(대표 김세엽)는 과학기술정보통신부 주관 민·관 AI 전략 협의체 \'에이전틱 AI 얼라이언스\' 안전·신뢰분과에 참여한다고 29일 밝혔다.에이전틱 AI 얼라이언스는 250여 개 기업·기관이 참여해 에이전틱 AI 기술 발전과 산업 활성화, 제도 정비, 안전·신뢰 기반 구축을 공동으로 추진하는 협의체다.셀렉트스타는 4개 분과 중 안전·신뢰분과에 참여해 자체 AI 신뢰성 검증 플랫폼 \'다투모 플랫폼\'을 기반으로 에이전틱 AI의 안전·신뢰 체계 마련과 평가·검증 방향을 제시할 계획이다.다투모 플랫폼은 AI 개발·도입에 필요한 데이터

전남해수원, 고수온 대응 부세 종자 20만마리 여수·완도 공급

AI 생성 영상전라남도해양수산과학원이 고수온 대응 양식품종으로 부세 종자 20만마리를 여수 거문도와 완도 해상가두리 양식장에 분양했다.전남해양수산과학원은 지난 26일까지 부세 종자 20만마리를 공급했다고 29일 밝혔다. 부세는 30도 이상 고수온에서도 생존할 수 있고 성장 속도가 빠른 어종으로, 조피볼락 등 기존 양식어종의 고수온 피해를 보완할 대체 품종으로 주목받고 있다.전남의 해상가두리 부세 종자 공급량은 2022년 1만5000마리에서 2023년 10만마리로 늘었고, 2024년부터는 매년 20만마리 규모로 공급되고 있다. 지난해

광주, 청년 취업역량 강화…드림청년 400명 선발

AI 생성 영상광주시가 하반기 ‘광주청년 일경험드림’ 사업에 참여할 제20기 드림청년 400명을 모집한다고 29일 밝혔다.대상은 광주에 주민등록을 둔 19~39세 미취업 청년이다. 출생 기준은 1986년 8월2일부터 2007년 8월1일까지다.선발된 청년은 공공기관, 공기업, 중소·중견기업, 창업기업 등 273개 사업장에서 실무 경험을 쌓게 된다. 주요 참여기관은 한국알프스, 무등기업, KBC광주방송, 광주경영자총협회, 광주신용보증재단, 조선대학교 등이다. 참여 유형은 자기주도형과 집중참여형으로 나뉜다. 자기주도형은 주 25시간씩 5

My account was suspended without a clear reason, and my appeal was upheld without explanation

My OpenAI account was suspended without any prior warning. After I submitted an appeal, the only response I received was that the original decision was upheld. However, I was not given any specific reason or explanation. This has been very difficult for me, because I do not know what went wrong or how I can correct it. I work as a Product Manager, and my account was mainly used for work-related purposes, especially generating HTML-based interactive product prototypes. These prototypes were used for product design, feature demonstrations, and internal requirement discussions. I did not use the account for abusive, automated, harmful, or policy-violating activities. Based on my actual usage, I believe this may have been caused by a misunderstanding or an automated risk flag. I fully understand that OpenAI needs to enforce safety and usage policies. However, I sincerely hope someone from the OpenAI team can help manually review my case again, or at least provide more information about why the suspension happened. Thank you.

US and Iran agree to pause attacks and meet in Qatar

US and Iran agree to halt strikes and hold talks in Qatar on Tuesday over Strait of Hormuz tensions, US media reports.

US-Iran talks: Trump announces Doha meeting on Tuesday, Tehran denies agreement

Norway defies expectations: Oil output tops forecasts, hits 1.722 million bpd in May

Malaysia needs to build drone industry ecosystem: PM Anwar

The Prime Minister said the drone industry, which intersects with AI and digital transformation, has emerged as a powerful catalyst for innovation, productivity and economic growth.

From fashion to tickets: 5 surprising ways you use AI algorithms to shop in UAE

Here's what will happen to Rhaenyra Targaryen on 'House of the Dragon,' if it follows her fate in the book

Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D'Arcy) has finally become queen in "House of the Dragon." How will she die in the show? Here's what happens in the book.

The 13 saddest deaths in 'House of the Dragon,' ranked

"House of the Dragon" doesn't shy away from killing major characters. But some deaths — like Jace's in season three — are more tragic than others.

Bahrain, Qatar and UAE join Pax Silica Summit

Listen now | Middle East AI News Minute - 29-Jun-26

7 deaths in 'House of the Dragon' that were completely changed from the book

"House of the Dragon" season three has already killed major characters, including one whose death was described differently in "Fire & Blood."

Why the EEAS is fighting for its future

With a week of major articles looking at the EU's foreign policy branch, POLITICO asks whether budget constraints, a lack of tools and a turf war with the European Commission is threatening its survival.

Ireland prepares to play dealmaker on EU’s biggest climate fight of the year

Some countries desperately want to gut the Emissions Trading System, others are determined to protect it. Ireland has its work cut out.

How Etihad Rail could change work and hiring across the UAE: From 'too far' to 'easy enough,' say HR experts

How to export ChatGPT to Word without losing formatting

Thanks, this is a clear breakdown. The extension option sounds especially useful for longer chats with tables, code, or formulas.

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes China's Sichuan Province

미 태양광 제조사들, 한국산 셀 우회조사 청원…한화큐셀 포함

한국산 태양전지가 미국 태양광 반덤핑·상계관세 논쟁의 새 쟁점으로 떠올랐다. 조사가 실제로 시작되면 한국산 셀을 쓰는 미국 모듈 공장과 태양광 발전소 조달 비용에도 영향을 줄 수 있다는 분석이다.로이터는 22일(현지시간) 캐네디언 솔라(Canadian Solar), SEG 솔라(SEG Solar), 헬리엔(Heliene)이 미 상무부에 한국산 태양전지 수입에 대한 우회조사를 요청하는 청원을 제출했다고 보도했다.이들은 한화큐셀 등 한국 셀 생산업체가 중국산 태양광 제품에 적용되는 기존 반덤핑·상계관세 명령을 우회하고 있는지 조사해야

Recipe Rescaler

I keep my recipies on my website , and like most of my website it grew over time instead of being designed. A couple years ago I added some progressive enhancement that puts checkboxes on the ingredients , and today I added a rescaler: Here's tripling it: This is another project, like adding transposition to my solstice songbook , where I wouldn't have put in the time if I couldn't delegate to an LLM. It went very quickly, and the code seems reasonable. Implementation notes: As you go up and down it converts teaspoons to tablespoons to cups. Yes, I still cook volumetrically. It handles numeric ranges, like "3-4 cups". It handles fractions: half of 1 1/4 C is 5/8 C. It doesn't handle everything. I wanted something simple and reviewable that handles most cases, instead of trying to make something exaustive (that would then have weird bugs). This means with complex items like "2 eggs (or 2T flax and 5T water)" only the "2 eggs" is scaled. To make these failures graceful, all scaled values are bolded, so unscaled values stick out visually. Comment via: facebook , lesswrong , mastodon , bluesky Discuss

정부, 송전용 BESS에 그리드포밍 성능 요건 적용

재생에너지 확대에 맞춰 송전용 에너지저장장치(BESS)의 역할이 전력 저장에서 계통 안정화로 넓어진다. 태양광과 풍력 등 인버터 기반 발전설비가 늘어나면서 전력망의 전압과 주파수를 안정적으로 유지하는 기능이 중요해졌기 때문이다.기후에너지환경부는 최근 그리드포밍 성능 요건을 마련하고, 2027년 12월부터 상업운전에 들어가는 중앙계약시장 장주기 BESS 설비부터 적용한다고 밝혔다.그리드포밍은 인버터 기반 설비가 전력망의 전압과 주파수를 스스로 만들고 유지하도록 제어하는 기술이다.기존 그리드팔로잉 방식은 이미 형성된 전력망 신호를 따라

Israelis, Palestinians torn over sacred shrine in city of Hebron

Israelis, Palestinians torn over sacred shrine in city of Hebron

Celebrating 1 Million Members and Introducing the Community Leaderboard

Wow, I haven’t even been here for 2-3 months yet, but even I’m ranked 24th on the list. I like that. Edit: I just realized the ranking I was looking at was already the monthly ranking When looking at the yearly ranking, I’m 104th. All-time, I’m 422nd. Still not bad

Windows app briefly becomes unresponsive

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Australia investigating five social media giants for not enforcing ban on kids

PLUS: Qualcomm tweaks datacenter chips for China; Japan's Air Force stretches into space; WiseTechs' woes mutiply; and more!

Switch for gpt image gen in long context prompts lead to "Connection interrupted. Waiting for the complete answer"

Since the last addition of GPT 5.6 for testing, the image gen system has been having constant trouble rendering images in the chat. In my case, about 30% of the generations are never rendered in the chat, leading to the message “Connection interrupted. Waiting for the complete answer” or “Image generation failed, try again”. Thanks for your valuable work, OpenAI team. I am bringing this to your attention because it has been happening for about four days in a row, with no interruption.

Iran warns ships not to bypass its chosen Hormuz route

Israel and Lebanon hail Washington deal, rejected by Hezbollah

Codex Analytics shows GPT-5.4 for most turns, but my CLI is configured to GPT-5.5 — why?

It is codex-auto-review. x.com Tibo @thsottiaux @solipsnitsyn Auto review is using GPT-5.4. We do not route. Do not spread misinformation, thank you. 10:31 PM - 28 Jun 2026 310 1

Dubai and the rise of “Dubai-it”: How a city became a global model

Paraguay eye 'life-changing' Germany World Cup upset

Paraguay eye 'life-changing' Germany World Cup upset

I built a whole-home ad blocker with a $7 ESP32-S3 board - and it took just minutes

Raspberry Pi boards have gotten expensive, so I found a cheap alternative in a tiny ESP32-S3 board.

FCEDA to Support Korean Tech Firms Entering U.S. Market

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) is a public, non-profit agency of the Fairfax County government that operates a wide range of support programs for local businesses.Fairfax County, Virginia, in particular, is a strategic location often referred to as a gateway to Washington,

RANDOM Codex weekly quota reset still happening. WHY?!?

It is not random. They are working on a sunday to keep things running. x.com Tibo @thsottiaux Codex team is in a warroom on a Sunday combing through logs and checking whether there is anything that could lead to increased usage drains for some users. Taking it very seriously and won't rest until we get to the bottom of it. x.com/nicdunz/status… nic @nicdunz i think openai has gotten a bit too loose and funny acting. i think its time to get a little serious 10:18 PM - 28 Jun 2026 2.3K 61 x.com Tibo @thsottiaux If you happened to have used your previous reset in the few hours before and didn't go through your usage, do not worry, you will get more manual resets after we conclude the investigation. 12:01 AM - 29 Jun 2026 290 7

A reading list for generalists

I, along with many others in AI safety, believe there is a shortage of generalists in the community and that there exist many projects and efforts that by default will not happen unless they are owned by a strong generalist [1] [2] [3] . As someone who is a reasonably good generalist, I decided to assemble a reading list of the essays and blog posts that have personally helped me the most. I would love others to comment with pieces they think should be on this list. The crux of this reading list is the idea that if you’re working hard as a generalist on a project you care a lot about, then by rigorously applying the lessons from these documents you will improve more quickly than you otherwise would. By the numbers: I’ve attached 18 documents to start this reading list. The authors cited more than once are Paul Graham (5), Ben Kuhn (4), Ethan Perez (2), and Greg Brockman (2). Sam Altman and Eliezer Yudkowsky also have their fingerprints over a lot of the content. The items are 15 blog posts, 1 blog comment, 1 interview transcript in blog post form, and 1 book. Dispositional What characteristics should you try to adopt? Paul Graham: "What We Look for in Founders" ( link ), "Relentlessly Resourceful" ( link ) Eliezer Yudkowsky: "Shut Up and Do the Impossible!" ( link ) Ben Kuhn: "Be impatient" ( link ) Cate Hall: "How to be more agentic" ( link ) Strategy How do you make good decisions with the information you have, and how can you get the additional information you need? Anna…

Kerala man who died after falling ill on UAE flight had lost 2 Indian expat brothers to heart attack

Third-parties should focus on scrutinising system cards

By default, I expect system cards will get worse, which would be bad. Some mechanisms could improve system cards, but I expect they will be outweighed. In any case, I think third-parties should focus on scrutinising system cards — this seems like a great activity for outsiders in the current strategic landscape. I'll sketch what that could look like, and offer some recommendations. It would be bad if system cards degraded. If labs felt pressure to evaluate the risks accurately, they'd be better incentivised to reduce them. If the risks were high enough, and a lab communicated that, then this might prompt drastic government action. It's very plausible that, if labs build misaligned AIs that take over, then most of the employees had a genuine but incorrect belief that the AIs wouldn't take over, based on evidence that was actually flimsy and misleading. Outsiders scrutinising system cards seems like a great mechanism for improving the epistemics within the labs. It's good for the outside community to know which risks are most pressing, so they know which activities to prioritise . By default, I expect system cards to get worse, because… The system will get genuinely more complicated. There will be more models, trained with more techniques, interacting in more ways — plus dozens of ad-hoc patches for the problems that arise. Already no one person holds the whole system in their head, and the fraction that fits in one head will keep shrinking. Any overall safety judgment will co…

Critical rescue window closing in Venezuela as quake death toll nears 1,500

Twin earthquakes in Venezuela destroy buildings, sow panic

I grew up in China, but I'm raising my daughter in LA. A trip back to visit family made me rethink my parenting style.

A visit home to China made Grace Cong Sui realize that the parenting habits she'd adopted in the US differed from those she grew up with.

I'm a stay-at-home mom of 2. My 4 side gigs help me pay off debt and stay sane.

Lana Ng left her marketing job in 2023 to take care of her children. Now, her four side gigs help her not lose herself in motherhood.

Starlink mobile 🛰️, Meta prediction markets 📈, local coding agents 👨‍💻

AI Weekly Issue #509: AI Productivity: it works best for the people losing their jobs

Three years into the productivity promise, there's finally enough hard evidence to answer the question plainly: does working with AI actually make you more productive? Yes — spectacularly, for some people on some tasks. And no, or worse, for others. The gains are real. They're just not flowing where the marketing said they would. This issue maps who wins, who pays, and why the line between them isn't where you think.

Documentation as Code: A Practical Guide for Dev Teams

Documentation as code keeps docs in the repo and runs them through the same review and CI as code, so they stay in sync. The workflow, the honest trade-offs, the tools, and how to keep docs true to the code.

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites

SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites

Powerful qualities in type B physicalism

Type B physicalism is a view in philosophy of mind, and "powerful qualities" (PQ) theory is a view in the metaphysics of properties. They share an important similarity: they both combine conceptual dualism with ontic monism. Type B physicalists hold that phenomenal concepts (e.g. concepts of reddish experience) are not analytically definable in terms of physical concepts, yet can co-refer ("pain is C-fiber firing" being a simplified example), and that every property is a physical property. PQ theorists claim that there are both qualitative concepts (referring to qualities such as the redness of a red object) and dispositional concepts (referring to tendencies such as the disposition to reflect ~700nm light), and that every property is both really qualitative and really dispositional; hence, qualitative concepts co-refer with dispositional concepts. I suggest that type B physicalism combines well with powerful qualities theory. First, generalizing phenomenal concepts to qualitative concepts makes phenomenal concept theory less ad hoc . Second, considering "phenomenally conscious" as a secondary qualitative concept, and considering un-conscious qualities to exist, yields a more comprehensible theory. Third, philosophical debates about the two views are similar, and type B physicalists find themselves in a similar dialectical place to PQ theorists. Background I take type B physicalism to be the conjunction of three theses: Physicalism : There are no non-physical mental properti…