OpenAI's always-on agent 'Dots' debuts, the U.S. government's 'Super Intelligence Task Force', and Korea's AI infrastructure investment rush. Here are today's top stories.
Sam Altman unveiled 'Dots', an always-on AI agent that keeps working on your behalf, at the company's annual developer conference. He said it was inspired by the charming AI assistants of the movies. An upgraded version of GPT-6, 'GPT-6.1 Sol', and a premium speed tier, 'Ultrafast', were also announced. Notably, safety went unmentioned on stage — just a week after OpenAI delayed a new model launch over safety concerns.
Nous Research raised a $90 million Series B (about ₩120 billion) to expand its enterprise open-source AI agent 'Hermes for Businesses', at a $1.5 billion valuation. Hermes is so widely used it accounts for about 2.5% of global AI token usage, and is evolving into an enterprise agent that plugs straight into messengers like Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
According to TechCrunch, OpenAI's revenue is reportedly about $20 billion below earlier projections. On the same day, Google rolled out agentic AI in Gemini for enterprise customers, and Anthropic announced a usage-policy change banning model misuse and election interference. Also making headlines: 19-year-old founder's Cal AI raised $10 million.
Korean AI infrastructure news poured in today. SK Square is investing in Japanese physical AI startup Mujin, and the government is reviewing plans to use idle highway land and rest stops for AI data centers. LG Electronics signed a multi-billion-dollar contract for coolers for U.S. AI data centers, and Samsung is investing $1 billion in Helix, an AI infrastructure company backed by KKR and Nvidia. LG Group also struck a data center infrastructure partnership with Microsoft. Meanwhile, Naver and Daum tightened their blocks on foreign AI crawlers to protect Korean-language data.
Following an executive order (EO 14434) declaring the era of 'Super Intelligence', the White House launched the 'Super Intelligence Force' task force, co-chaired by the Director of National Intelligence. It must report within 120 days on AI's risks and opportunities and the federal government's role. A ruling-party AI Agent Accountability Act was also introduced, opening debate on holding operators and developers liable for hacking damage caused by agents.
Rohit Prasad, who led Amazon's Alexa for 12 years and headed the Nova AI models, took over as CEO of robotics company Boston Dynamics on October 7. Development of the Atlas humanoid robot is expected to accelerate. Meanwhile, Salesforce is reportedly pursuing an acquisition of AI customer-research firm Listen Labs.