South Korea deploys ChatGPT robots for elderly care
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- South Korea is deploying thousands of ChatGPT-enabled social care robots to support its elderly population, which now accounts for approximately 20% of the country's 51 million people (Financial Times).
- Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus has hired xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic from OpenAI and employs hundreds across its San Francisco, London, and Zurich offices, indicating significant investment in AI development (TechMeme, Financial Times).
- DPRK-linked hackers are utilizing GitHub as a command and control (C2) platform in multi-stage attacks specifically targeting South Korea (The Hacker News).
- Meta's smartglasses rival advocates against 'a camera on your face,' suggesting ongoing debate and innovation in wearable technology and privacy (Google News Technology, Financial Times).
Why it matters: South Korea's social care system is deploying thousands of AI robots to assist 10 million elderly citizens.
