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   AI safetySBS 'superintelligence warning' video passes 250,000 views; top comment: "AI, just make it painless"

   SBS News's video "If there were an AI that brings human extinction? A warning on 'superintelligent AI'" posted Oct. 31 passed 250,000 views. It starts from news that Eliezer Yudkowsky, a pioneer of AI safety and alignment, will visit Korea for the first time as keynote speaker at SBS's SDF 2026 on Nov. 5. SBS describes him as co-founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), co-author of a book on superhuman AI and a TIME 100 AI honoree.

   Comments mixed resignation and cynicism. "AI, just make it painless" got the most support with 205 likes, "Honestly, the biggest threat on Earth is humans" got 120 and "Is Terminator's Skynet becoming real?" got 75. Another (49) said people feel dumber the more they use AI while AI grows daily, and one said development has cost so much it can no longer stop.

   The forum is on the morning of Nov. 5 and will stream on SBS News's YouTube channel.

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   • ▶인류의 절멸을 가져올 AI가 있다면?..'초지능 AI'의 경고 [SDF] / SBS / #D리포트SBS 뉴스 · 250K views
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   AI investment"Will all the neoclouds collapse?" video passes 140,000 views; KB economist: "Not a collapse, a normalization"

   The YouTube channel Gyoyangi Please's video "Brace yourselves: will AI neoclouds all collapse?" posted Nov. 1 passed 140,000 views. Its description says that after Gartner warned that 80% of neocloud firms cannot survive independently, CoreWeave's bond prices fell, AI infrastructure stocks dropped 10% a day and the KOSPI wobbled.

   KB Kookmin Bank economist Yoo Shin-ik said "this is not a collapse, it's finally normalizing." Money had flowed too easily to highly leveraged neoclouds, he argued, and if cash-rich Big Tech buys the fallen firms cheaply, the sector gets stronger. But weak firms will really die and the gap between winners and losers will widen cruelly, he warned. His reason: AI investment is practically the only engine of U.S. growth.

   Gartner's forecast came in mid-October; per 247WallSt, it projects that more than 80% of independent neoclouds will stop operating independently by 2030. That includes mergers and acquisitions, so it is not the same as 'collapse.'

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   • ▶[지식뉴스] "앞으로 각오하셔야 합니다"...AI 네오클라우드 다 무너질까, 지금 미국이 위태로운 진짜 이유 / 교양이를 부탁해교양이를 부탁해 · 140K views

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   • Gartner: 80% of neocloud firms face extinction by 2030 as AI capex outpaces returns247WallSt ↗

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1. US stocksIntel plunges 28.58% in a day, its worst drop in 52 years, as chip index sinks 7.2% and 'when does AI pay?' doubts spread

   Intel shares fell 28.58% on Oct. 30 in New York, the steepest one-day drop since 1974, wiping out more than $140 billion in market value. Q3 results met expectations, but the Q4 revenue outlook disappointed.

   The Nasdaq fell 2.86%, the Nasdaq 100 3.46% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index 7.2%. Nvidia lost 4.22%, AMD 10.88% and SK hynix ADRs 7.95%. Alphabet had already dropped 12.6% on Oct. 29 after search revenue missed forecasts, and Amazon's ad revenue fell short.

   Investors are asking when Big Tech's AI infrastructure spending will turn into profit. S&P Global Ratings cut Meta's outlook from stable to negative while keeping its AA- rating; Meta disagreed.

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   • Intel shock hammers US tech stocks (Financial News, Korean)파이낸셜뉴스 ↗
   • AI profitability doubts weigh on stocks ahead of US midterms (Financial News, Korean)파이낸셜뉴스 ↗

2. Big TechApple, the AI spending holdout, retakes the No. 1 market cap after 3 months as Nvidia slides 4.2%

   Apple closed Oct. 30 with a market value of $5.03 trillion, passing Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company again for the first time since late July. Apple shares fell 1.2%, but Nvidia dropped 4.2% to $4.93 trillion.

   Investors treated Apple's far smaller AI infrastructure spending as a reason to see it as a safer bet. Apple is up 26.8% this year versus Nvidia's 9.7%. It is Apple's first time at No. 1 under CEO John Ternus, who took over in September.

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   • Apple retakes top market cap from Nvidia after 3 months (Kukmin Ilbo, Korean)국민일보 ↗
   • Apple passes Nvidia for world's top market cap (Electronic Times, Korean)전자신문 ↗

3. FundingOpenAI cuts its fundraising target from $30B to $20B with $11B committed, as Anthropic plans to list next month

   OpenAI lowered its new funding target from $30 billion to $20 billion, the Financial Times reported, and cut its target valuation from $1.4 trillion to $1.25 trillion. About $11 billion has been committed so far, according to The Wall Street Journal.

   The first close was set for Oct. 31, but the round is still open, and OpenAI plans to raise more from family offices and wealthy individuals over the next few weeks. Some investors reportedly scaled back after the tech selloff. Rival Anthropic plans to go public next month, which could sharpen the competition for investors.

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   • OpenAI cuts fundraising from $30B to $20B, lowers valuation (AI Times, Korean)AI타임스 ↗
   • Why OpenAI's Altman made a surprise visit to Samsung and SK (Seoul Economic Daily, Korean)서울경제 ↗

4. ChipsAltman meets SK's Chey and Samsung executives on a two-day Korea trip; SK hynix says HBM is 'effectively sold out through 2029'

   OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrived in Korea on the night of Oct. 30 and met SK and Samsung in turn. He had lunch with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won on Oct. 30 and spoke to about 50 Samsung affiliate executives at Samsung's Yongin training center on Oct. 31. Neither side confirmed any new investment or memory pricing deal.

   TrendForce expects average HBM selling prices to rise 121% next year. Samsung says its HBM supply for next year is already sold, and SK hynix says its output is effectively sold out through 2029, counting long-term contracts and deals under negotiation. OpenAI agreed with Samsung and SK last October to cooperate on the Stargate AI infrastructure project.

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   • Why OpenAI's Altman made a surprise visit to Samsung and SK (Seoul Economic Daily, Korean)서울경제 ↗
   • HBM average price seen rising 121% next year (Seoul Economic Daily, Korean)서울경제 ↗

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1. KoreaGovernment will designate AI clusters, but next year's budget is 'zero won'; Science Ministry asked for 4 billion won, cut in budget review

   The government has decided to create 'AI clusters' that gather AI companies, institutions and talent, but the 2027 budget proposal contains no money for them.

   Seoul Economic Daily reported on Nov. 1 that the Ministry of Science and ICT requested around 4 billion won for regionally tailored AI programs, including running a dedicated cluster agency, but the Ministry of Planning and Budget did not include it at the review stage. The AI Basic Act lets the government and local governments give administrative, financial and technical support to clusters, and the government plans to take applications from local governments next year and designate national clusters.

   An industry source said companies have no reason to move if the benefits don't materialize. A local-government official said no budget seems to mean no government support and warned of a half-baked cluster. The ministry said it is preparing designation notices, that the support scale is under discussion, and that it will try to get the money added during National Assembly deliberations.

   The ministry's AI-related budget next year rises about 4.3 trillion won (84.3%) to 9.4 trillion won, 59.6% of which, or 5.6 trillion won, goes to items such as homegrown AI foundation models.

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   • Seoul Economy: [Exclusive] Government to designate AI clusters, but next year's budget is 'zero won'서울경제 ↗

2. USSen. Cassidy releases 'PATIENT AI Act' draft: Medicare would test paying for AI that performs clinical tasks without real-time physician review

   Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released on Oct. 29 a discussion draft, the PATIENT AI Act, under which Medicare would test paying for AI tools that perform clinical functions without a physician reviewing each result in real time.

   Medical Daily reported the draft has not been introduced or voted on, and Cassidy is taking public comments until Dec. 1. It directs the CMS Innovation Center to run a five-year payment model for AI-based applications capable of performing a clinical function autonomously, starting no later than 24 months after enactment, choosing participating AI and providers by published criteria such as clinical promise, patient safety, evidence gaps and benefit to Medicare patients.

   The draft does not define 'autonomously.' It gives partial answers on who is responsible when an AI errs and whether patients will know software made the call, leaving the rest for later. Cassidy said AI in health care "must be done responsibly and to the benefit of patients, innovators, and consumers." The draft is one part of a broader package covering the FDA, federal health privacy rules and Medicare.

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   • Medical Daily: A Senate draft could let Medicare test paying for AI that performs clinical tasks without real-time physician reviewMedical Daily ↗

3. Tech cultureMozilla calls in Numa Numa Guy and Overly Attached Girlfriend: "Come back to Firefox, away from AI-stuffed Chrome"

   Mozilla has launched an ad campaign, 'Come Back to Firefox,' that evokes the late-2000s and early-2010s internet, when Firefox held up to 32% of the browser market.

   Mashable reported the video features real-life internet figures from that era, including the Numa Numa Guy, Overly Attached Girlfriend, Annoying Orange and Tay Zonday of 'Chocolate Rain.' It opens with the Numa Numa Guy asking what happened to the internet, which used to be fun. Mashable said the video isn't AI-generated.

   Mozilla pitches Firefox as a browser that pushes back against tracking and unwanted AI features, pointing to a free built-in VPN, AI controls that let users decide how many AI features they want, and an ad blocker on mobile.

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   • Mashable: Firefox brings back internet icons for new anti-tracking, anti-AI campaignMashable ↗