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South Korea Cuts AI Model Contest to 3, Eliminating Benchmark Leader Motif

The result puts usability and practical application alongside benchmark results as the government decides which domestic models receive more compute and a shot at final selection. South Korea’s national effort to build an independent AI foundation model is down to LG AI Research, SK Telecom and Upstage. 35 points Expert evaluations Expert evaluations carried 35 points.

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Government action Policy

Yesterday

US Presses G20 to Avoid New AI Regulators as Hassabis Backs Pre-Release Testing

The Carolina Principles would rule out one institutional response to AI risk while leaving ministers to decide whether to align with Washington’s light-touch approach. The United States is asking G20 ministers in Chapel Hill to support an AI commitment with a hard institutional limit: governments would avoid creating new regulatory bodies for the technology. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is also participating.

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Regulation Policy

Aug 27, 2026

Bill Gates Calls for Taxes on AI Tokens and Robots, With Jobs Reserved for Humans

The proposal would use taxes and protected roles to shape automation’s labor impact, but it has no governing framework and faces a direct competitiveness objection from the robotics industry. Bill Gates is proposing a two-part intervention in AI-driven automation: tax the tools that replace workers, including AI tokens and robots, and reserve some work for humans. Gates set out the ideas in an essay on Gates Notes.

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Funding Policy

Aug 18, 2026

OpenAI Funds a Study of How AI Could Shift Tax Revenue

The Tax Foundation will assess ways to tax AI and map possible shifts among wages, profits and capital gains. The grant sets a research agenda, not a tax proposal, and key terms of the arrangement remain public unknowns. OpenAI is funding a study of how artificial intelligence could be taxed, but the public commitment is narrower than a call for a new AI levy.

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