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--- 1 ---------------------------------------- THE BIG ONE ---

South Korea seem likely to give their entire country FREE access to AI!! Whilst most Western countries are tying themselves in knots with AI copyright and safety, its worth looking at South Korea.

+++Estonia did something similar with the internet in 1996, with their Tiger Leap Policy. Thirty years on it has more startups per capita than anywhere in Europe.
[TechSpot]

--- 2 -------------------------------------- AI HYPE BINGO ---

OpenAI president Greg Brockman says GPT-6 Astra puts them
"closer than ever", to #AGI tag. In the same moment in which OpenAI wound down Sora, the Disney partnership and Atlas.

Closer than ever to what, exactly?
[Wired]

--- 3 ------------------------------------- FOLLOW THE MONEY ---

Big wins for Copper. Atomic number 29, up 15% this quarter on the London Metal
Exchange, Why? Coz data centres eat it by the tonne and supply is
tight. The AI trade is not just about chips...

+++ Wood Mackenzie estimate that about 700,000 tonnes is going in to data centers globally between now and 2030.
[Straits Times]

--- 4 ------------------------------------------ TOOL HUNT ---

Interesting moment for Trmnl. The new product launch of its E-ink desk display has begun. Trmnl have released as much detail on the product and API as they possibly could making it fully hackable. Just point it at whatever you want
and build the dashboard yourself.

+++ just hoping that the social media trail of a certain member of their leadership team get's deleted before it contaminates the launch.
[trmnl.com]

--- 5 ------------------------------------ WATCH THIS SPACE ---

See what LLMs are moving in 3D. Build a World in World Lab’s Marble platform from a single prompt.
[World Labs]

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