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SEOUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) – South Korea plans to launch a 4.7 trillion won ($3.5 billion) programme to develop ​a frontier AI model ‌from March 2027, the science ministry said, as Seoul seeks to compete in the race to build cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

SEOUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) – South Korea plans to launch a 4.7 trillion won ($3.5 billion) programme to develop ​a frontier AI model ‌from March 2027, the science ministry said, as Seoul seeks to compete in the race to build cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

Oct 5 (Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet is nearing a multi-year deal to buy nuclear ​energy from Constellation Energy ‌for $1 billion or more, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. • ‌The ​deal could ⁠be announced as ⁠soon as this week, the report said. • Google could not immediately be reached for ​comment outside regular business hours, while Constellation Energy ⁠declined to comment.

Oct 5 (Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet is nearing a multi-year deal to buy nuclear ​energy from Constellation Energy ‌for $1 billion or more, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. • ‌The ​deal could ⁠be announced as ⁠soon as this week, the report said. • Google could not immediately be reached for ​comment outside regular business hours, while Constellation Energy ⁠declined to comment.

By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump encouraged supporters on Saturday and again on Monday to vote by mail if they wanted, a change of tone for the ​US president, who has for years described mail-in voting ‌as a practice rife with fraud.

By Field Level Media Oct 06 (Field Level Media) – The injury-plagued Los Angeles Clippers sustained another blow on Sunday in their preseason opener. Max Strus sustained ​a partial tear of his right plantar fascia ‌as the Clippers beat the Golden State Warriors 104-101 in Honolulu, and he will be out for at least four weeks, the team announced Monday. Los Angeles opens the regular season Oct. ‌21 ​against the visiting Sacramento Kings.

TAIPEI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Tuesday he had not heard that the US was planning on carving up a potential $14 billion arms sale into smaller chunks, but added ​that Washington’s commitments to Taipei’s defences had not changed. US President Donald ‌Trump has held back approval of the new package of arms sales to Taipei in order to maintain warm relations and a fragile trade truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

SEOUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent ​hacking incidents against banks and called for the ‌country to develop cybersecurity methods suited to the AI era. • “In some hacking incidents, signs have emerged of AI being used, causing considerable public concern and anxiety,” Lee said during a cabinet meeting.

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The family of an 18-year-old Black man whose body was found on a Mississippi barrier island following a Fourth of July ​trip with friends called on Monday for a federal ‌investigation into his death after a grand jury declined to indict anyone. Here are some details: • Last month, a grand jury unanimously declined to indict anyone in the death of the Black teenager Nolan Wells.

TAIPEI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Tuesday he had not heard that the US was planning on carving up a potential $14 billion arms sale into smaller chunks, but added ​that Washington’s commitments to Taipei’s defences had not changed. US President Donald ‌Trump has held back approval of the new package of arms sales to Taipei in order to maintain warm relations and a fragile trade truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping.