据韩国《电子时报》，韩国政府正考虑延长一项支持采购图形处理单元（GPU）的计划，而GPU是人工智能（AI）发展的关键资源。面对高性能GPU需求的激增以及构建“主权AI”日益迫切的需求，政府认为必须继续主导扩大国家AI基础设施的各项工作。据业界消息，韩国科学技术信息通信部（MSIT）正在评估国内主要云服务提供商（CSP）部署更多GPU的能力，旨在延长其“AI计算资源利用提升计划”。该计划的核心在于：政府利用公共资金采购GPU，将其安装在由CSP运营的数据中心内，并向产业界、学术界及研究机构提供这些计算资源。继去年向该计划投入约1万亿韩元后，政府今年又投入了2万亿韩元，确保了超过2万块GPU的供应。该计划原定于今年结束。然而，随着对尖端GPU（如英伟达下一代Vera Rubin平台）的需求急剧上升，以及开发不依赖全球科技巨头的自主AI模型成为国家优先事项，决策者认为政府继续提供支持的必要性日益增加。

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Marine Le Pen, National Rally parliamentary group chair in the National Assembly, announced she will run in the 2027 French presidential election and will soon launch a campaign with Jordan Bardella, saying she would name Bardella prime minister if elected. The Paris Court of Appeal on July 7 upheld her conviction for misuse of public funds but revised the sentence to three years’ imprisonment — two years suspended and one year to be served under electronic monitoring outside prison — plus a €100,000 fine and a 45‑month ban on holding public office, with 30 months suspended. Le Pen said she will appeal to the Court of Cassation within 10 days; French media noted the appellate court did not order immediate enforcement, so the penalties are effectively suspended pending the supreme court ruling and she is in principle eligible to stand in 2027.