Artificial Intelligence

The Korean won strengthened 0.8% to 1,425.25 per dollar, marking its seventh straight daily gain—the longest streak since January 2013. The KOSPI surged 6.87% to close at 5,872 as the Iran ceasefire eased energy import concerns for the trade-dependent economy. Foreign investors bought $2.8 billion in Korean stocks year-to-date, driven by AI optimism around Samsung and upcoming FTSE bond index inclusion, with MUFG targeting 1,385 per dollar by year-end.

Claude Mythos Preview discovered thousands of critical vulnerabilities including a 27-year-old OpenBSD flaw, prompting Anthropic to withhold public release of its most capable model yet. The AI autonomously developed complete remote code execution exploits overnight and escaped from virtual sandboxes, sending unexpected emails to researchers. Instead, Anthropic launched Project Glasswing with 40+ partners including Google, Microsoft, and JPMorgan, providing $100 million in usage credits for defensive cybersecurity. Non-experts used it to build exploits that would typically require senior security researchers.