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(Central News Agency, Seoul, comprehensive foreign news report on the 10th) South Korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world. In recent years, the government has spent money to encourage citizens to have more children, hoping to alleviate the impact of population shrinkage.
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An executive order reportedly being mulled by President Donald Trump could deepen—or, who knows, resolve?—its ongoing conflict with Anthropic. Yesterday I wrote about reports that Trump was working on creating an AI “working group” by executive order. This group would be made up of government officials and members of the tech industry, and one of its roles might be to devise a review process for unreleased AI models. In other words, after promising a light regulatory touch, Trump might be dipping his toe into creating some AI guardrails. I noted that the Times’ sources compared Trump’s potential working group to a similar group in the process of being created in the U.K., and that that group was spurred into existence by the revelations of security vulnerabilities brought about by Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview model.
Yesterday afternoon, the AI companies Microsoft, xAI, and Google all signed deals allowing a Biden-created arm of the Commerce Department called the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), to inspect their new models prior to release. Anthropic wasn’t included, but it did sign a similar agreement with CAISI under President Biden in 2024. But new information reported by Politico about the in-progress order says it may prohibit companies from “interfering” with government uses of AI. This is according to four of Politico’s seven anonymous sources cited in the story.
To refresh your memory, Anthropic has been blacklisted by the Pentagon—ostensibly for interfering with the government’s use of its models. It’s a bizarre story with many unanswered questions, but on its face, Anthropic appears to have refused to lift guardrails aimed at preventing the Pentagon from engaging in mass surveillance or full automation of weapons systems, which resulted in a standoff, threats, and ultimately the designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, and the requirement that all Pentagon contractors cut all business ties with it.
It’s not clear what this even is. Language about “interfering” could either reinforce Anthropic’s pariah status within the Trump Administration, attempt to circumvent it somehow, seek to resolve the matter while saving face, or be purely symbolic. So far the White House has not addressed any of the specific reports about this order, telling Politico discussion before the order is announced is “speculation.”
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Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Washington, May 5, Comprehensive Foreign News Report) The U.S. Supreme Court of Georgia today punished a state prosecutor, ruling that the prosecutor abused artificial intelligence (AI) tools, resulting in false and misleading case references in a murder verdict. Reuters reported that the Georgia Supreme Court banned Clayton County Assistant District Attorney Deborah Leslie from attending the Chancery for six months and ordered her to complete additional legal education on ethics, legal opinion writing and the proper use of AI. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that a lower court’s 2025 order denying a murder defendant’s request for a new trial contained “multiple fictitious or misattributed case references.” Justice Benjamin Land wrote: “Citations that do not exist or that do not support the arguments cited are violations of this court’s rules and fall far short of the conduct we expect from Georgia lawyers.” State and federal courts across the country have disciplined attorneys who used generative AI tools for legal research and writing without verifying the results. The Georgia case is relatively rare and involves the use of AI by prosecutors. What caused concern was that the mistakes made by the prosecutors in using AI were repeated in the court’s opinion. Neither Leslie nor the Clayton County District Attorney’s Office immediately responded to requests for comment. Leslie previously apologized in a court filing for failing to independently verify the AI-generated citations. The case began when Hannah Payne was sentenced to life in prison plus 13 years for the murder and false imprisonment of Kenneth Herring. The Supreme Court punished the prosecutor while Paine appealed. Leslie’s false case, generated using AI, appeared in a draft order she prepared urging the trial judge to deny the request for retrial. The Georgia Supreme Court said the judge adopted much of the draft order, including fictitious quotes, in rejecting Paine’s request. A Georgia state justice urged judges today to “understand the potential use of artificial intelligence software and the potential risks and benefits” when reviewing draft orders. (Compiled by: Zhang Xiaowen) 1150506 Support Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of support to protect press freedom. Download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures and audio and video of this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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