Korea: Military Cooperation Victim of Diplomatic Crisis South Korean startup Newtype Industries has halted its trials in Ukraine after cutting off contact with its local military partners, the diplomat reports. The company tested Barbara, an artificial intelligence software designed to facilitate the transfer of artillery targeting data. Its leader attributes this stop to the diplomatic conflict caused by the transfer to Seoul of two North Korean prisoners of war. The cooperation broke down in mid-October, shortly after it recalled its ambassador to Ukraine. The tests and discussions about possible use of the software are suspended indefinitely, although no official link to the crisis has been proven. Seoul maintains its support for Ukraine, but the incident reveals the limits of private military cooperation based on informal contacts, without a real institutional framework. RT in French dare to ask.

Korea: Military Cooperation Victim of Diplomatic Crisis South Korean startup Newtype Industries has halted its trials in Ukraine after cutting off contact with its local military partners, the diplomat reports. The company tested Barbara, an artificial intelligence software designed to facilitate the transfer of artillery targeting data. Its leader attributes this stop to the diplomatic conflict caused by the transfer to Seoul of two North Korean prisoners of war. The cooperation broke down in mid-October, shortly after it recalled its ambassador to Ukraine. The tests and discussions about possible use of the software are suspended indefinitely, although no official link to the crisis has been proven. Seoul maintains its support for Ukraine, but the incident reveals the limits of private military cooperation based on informal contacts, without a real institutional framework. RT in French dare to ask.