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Under the new rules, anyone who creates, edits or posts AI generated promotional photos or videos will have to include an AI label and platforms will be banned from removing those labels.

Regulators plan faster takedowns, higher fines and closer coordination with consumer and drug safety agencies.

The move follows a high-profile abuse case where AI-altered sexual images were used for blackmail, including one case that led to a life sentence.

At the same time, South Korea continues to invest heavily in AI chips and 5G networks, so policymakers frame this as an attempt to balance innovation with basic consumer protection.

So why does this matter?

This is one of the clearest national attempts to treat AI-made ads as a distinct risk category and puts responsibility both on the people making the content and the platforms hosting it.

So I found this interesting because it's a national effort, right?

Here in the U.S., it's been a focus on allowing the platforms themselves to do some self-regulation and then general regulation on the state and federal level has been done.

you know, back and forth on that discussion.

And then I think we've only seen the EU come out with any hard AI protections law on the books.

So this is South Korea taking a moment to put their stamp in the AI regulation space.

Oh, and I'm completely frozen.

Sorry about that.

Andy, please give us your next story there.

Right, right, right.

And I recently heard that one of the reasons why SpaceX is pushing forward another funding round is exactly for that, is for the data centers.

So they're trying to really beef up the Starlink constellation to handle the data throughput and bandwidth that's needed for those data centers up in space.

So, yeah, that'll be that'll be interesting to see how that plays out.

OK, here is a quick story about more about AI infrastructure.

And this is Microsoft.