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  "id": 12354885,
  "title": "South Korea plans to launch a ~$3.5B program to develop a frontier AI model starting as early as March 2027 and will open a competition to select participants (Jie Ye-eun/The Korea Herald)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korea-plans-to-launch-a-3-5b-program-to-develop-a-frontier-ai",
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  "published": "2026-10-06T10:00:37.000Z",
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "South Korea plans to develop $3.5 billion frontier AI model starting next year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-korea-plans-to-develop-3-5-billion-frontier-ai-model-starting",
        "published": "2026-10-06T02:31:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "South Korea's Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-koreas-lee-says-ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-12289158",
        "published": "2026-10-06T03:02:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "South Korea’s Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "South Korea’s Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-koreas-lee-says-ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-12326279",
        "published": "2026-10-06T06:53:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "South Korea’s Lee says AI appears to have been used in bank hacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/south-koreas-lee-says-ai-appears-to-have-been-used-in-bank-hacks-12325420",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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