Topic: Technology & AI — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-17 14:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s large semiconductor and electronics manufacturers are nearing a symbolic milestone: An average monthly salary of 10 million won ($6,700) per employee, driven by the artificial intelligence-led chip boom and surging performance bonuses.
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[2026-05-17 14:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former NFL insider Dianna Russini was reportedly soaking it up at a Big Apple dinner with her husband before attending a concert Saturday night – seemingly unfazed by her bombshell scandal with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel.
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[2026-05-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From pressing patterns to offside calls, football’s grandest stage will showcase how instant analysis transforms decisions in heat of play
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[2026-05-17 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Lenovo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From pressing patterns to offside calls, football’s grandest stage will showcase how instant analysis transforms decisions in heat of play
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[2026-05-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A viral ‘baseball goddess’, a wolf that never was and a deepfake epidemic. Generative AI is rewriting South Korea’s reality
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[2026-05-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Korea AI Safety Institute] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A viral ‘baseball goddess’, a wolf that never was and a deepfake epidemic. Generative AI is rewriting South Korea’s reality
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[2026-05-17 13:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: May 17, 2026 — 1:00pm
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[2026-05-17 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Director Steven Soderbergh poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ during the 79th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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[2026-05-17 12:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Consumers have long questioned the authenticity of heavily edited before-and-after photographs from plastic surgery clinics. However, the emergence of fully AI-generated promotional images has introduced an additional layer of doubt.
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[2026-05-17 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: California’s tech oligarchs are portraying themselves as victims, as the left clamors to tax their wealth away.
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[2026-05-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The State Council has outlined its plans to ‘accelerate comprehensive legislation for the sound development’ of the technology
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[2026-05-17 12:00 UTC+10:00] [National People's Congress] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The State Council has outlined its plans to ‘accelerate comprehensive legislation for the sound development’ of the technology
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Social media harms are well-known. Chatbots could be next as new research into 'AI psychosis' shows how users are pulled into dangerous, delusional worlds.
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[2026-05-17 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The robots, named Gabi, Seokga, Mohee and Nisa, walked through the Jongno district beside performers, dancers and long lines of illuminated lotus lanterns. Organisers said about 50,000 participants carried nearly 100,000 handmade lanterns during the annual procession linked to the Jogye Order, the country’s largest Buddhist sect. The robots, dressed in traditional monastic robes, will serve as honorary monks during this year’s celebrations.
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[2026-05-17 02:36 UTC+10:00] [Cannes film festival] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Succession of pointless AI-generated snippets does nothing for film about the artist’s final interview, which took place on the day of his murder
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-05-17 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BUENOS AIRES — Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have created widespread expectations of substantial productivity gains. Early studies, such as one showing that AI increased the productivity of customer-support agents by 15 percent on average (with less experienced workers getting a much bigger boost), as well as emerging evidence of AI-driven productivity gains in macro data, have further elevated hopes for a boom in output per worker.
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[2026-05-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A 3.5-foot humanoid robot scored a seat on a Southwest Airlines flight to Dallas, but the airline grounded the bot before it could earn frequent flyer miles.
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[2026-05-17 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes entry probes grief, artificial intelligence and family bonds, but its subplots leave the film scattered
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[2026-05-17 01:10 UTC+10:00] [Sheep in the Box] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hirokazu Koreeda’s Cannes entry probes grief, artificial intelligence and family bonds, but its subplots leave the film scattered
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[2026-05-17 01:00 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Two of the world’s richest people faced an airing of their dirty laundry amid their messy, bitter feud over OpenAI
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[2026-05-16 22:00 UTC+10:00] [AI (artificial intelligence)] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The centers are diverting much-needed resources from regular people. Local resistance has the industry playing defense
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[2026-05-16 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Labour chief Chris Sun says vacancies for Hong Kong graduates have fallen by 61 per cent in three years
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[2026-05-16 21:40 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Labour chief Chris Sun says vacancies for Hong Kong graduates have fallen by 61 per cent in three years
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[2026-05-16 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara underscored the Department of Education’s (DepEd) commitment to deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to simplify school operations and directly address the everyday challenges faced by teachers and learners.
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[2026-05-16 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Non-humans aren’t eligible for the real-life Academy Awards, so the AI Personality of the year awards has been set up.
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[2026-05-16 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hype around AI and some tech companies has inflated stock prices and left investors ebullient despite the rising risk of a market crash
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[2026-05-16 18:30 UTC+10:00] [S&P 500] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hype around AI and some tech companies has inflated stock prices and left investors ebullient despite the rising risk of a market crash
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[2026-05-16 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Global Affairs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-16 17:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: OMAHA, Nebraska — Berkshire Hathaway more than tripled the size of its investment in Google's parent company and bought over $2.6 billion worth of Delta Airlines stock as Greg Abel settled into the CEO job after taking over from Warren Buffett at the start of the year.
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[2026-05-16 17:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan cautions against overdependence on large-language models to solve every problem
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[2026-05-16 17:04 UTC+10:00] [Vivian Balakrishnan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan cautions against overdependence on large-language models to solve every problem
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[2026-05-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Nobel economist says Korea should prioritize startups and structural innovation over rushed redistribution measures
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[2026-05-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: At Venice Biennale, the Hong Kong-based artist transforms mythology, astronomy and titanium into a meditation on humanity in the age of AI
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[2026-05-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Behind AI’s promise of efficiency, workers describe a faster office culture where easier tasks disappear and judgment-heavy work expands
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[2026-05-16 17:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-05-16 16:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Transport minister counts down to revamped facility’s May 27 launch, saying it will mark a ‘milestone’ that boosts city’s status as aviation hub
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[2026-05-16 16:52 UTC+10:00] [Thai AirAsia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Transport minister counts down to revamped facility’s May 27 launch, saying it will mark a ‘milestone’ that boosts city’s status as aviation hub
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[2026-05-16 14:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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[2026-05-16 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Invisible laser landmarks. AI-generated claims over asteroids. Scaffolding wired into screens and computing systems. At Art Dubai 2026, digital art is no longer confined to NFTs or immersive spectacles. Instead, artists are using technology to question ownership, extraction, memory and humanity’s relationship with the systems it increasingly depends on.
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[2026-05-16 13:01 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The 11th China Military Intelligent Technology Expo opened Thursday at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, showcasing a lineup of drones, robotic war dogs, grenade launchers, wheeled unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and other modern battlefield technologies.
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[2026-05-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’, allowing humans to swoop in
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[2026-05-16 12:56 UTC+10:00] [Han River bridges] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’, allowing humans to swoop in
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[2026-05-16 12:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: El subsecretario de Estado para Asuntos Económicos, Jacob Helberg, durante la cumbre AI Impact, el 20 de febrero de 2026, en Nueva Delhi. (AP Foto, Archivo)
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[2026-05-16 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-05-16 11:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning
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[2026-05-16 11:21 UTC+10:00] [Google] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning
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[2026-05-16 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg speaks at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo, File)
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