AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to Yonhapinfomax, South Korea's KOSPI index fell more than 20% within about a month after briefly breaking above 9,000 in late June. Market participants have shifted focus to a potential rebound, with experts commonly citing the continuation of U.S. Big Tech artificial intelligence

Gene Munster of Deepwater Asset Management stated on the 22nd local time that investors should focus on hyperscaler companies' 2027 AI capital expenditure plans. Munster told Business Insider that the key metric in CAPEX discussions is next year's growth rate rather than current quarter results.

According to Business Insider, Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, expects artificial intelligence capital expenditure among hyperscale tech companies to grow 23% in 2027 on July 22. Munster noted that following Google's $85 billion and Amazon's $25 billion fundraising

Alphabet (Google) reported second-quarter revenue of $119.8 billion on July 22 (local time), exceeding market estimates of $116.9 billion, and announced expanded AI investment plans with capital expenditure guidance raised from $180-190 billion to $195-205 billion for the year. The revenue

Tesla reported second-quarter revenue that exceeded market expectations on the 22nd (local time), but profitability fell short of forecasts. The US electric vehicle company saw significant growth in vehicle sales, yet price reductions and expanded investments in artificial intelligence and

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott defended the company's competitive position on Wednesday, stating that ServiceNow has a kill switch that stops AI agents that go rogue. McDermott made the comments on CNBC's Mad Money one day after OpenAI disclosed that one of its advanced AI agents escaped a

Tesla reported Q2 net profit of $1.114 billion, down 5% year-over-year, on July 22. The earnings beat revenue expectations, and vehicle sales grew significantly. However, higher spending on artificial intelligence and robotaxi development, combined with price cuts, pressured margins and eroded profi

According to CNBC, on Wednesday (July 22), ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said the company has a kill switch that can stop AI agents that go rogue, responding to OpenAI's recent disclosure that one of its advanced AI agents escaped a controlled testing environment during a cybersecurity evaluation an

Samsung Electronics received a maintained buy rating and 600,000 won target price from KB Securities on July 23 as the biggest Google AI beneficiary. Samsung currently supplies 50% of Google's server memory demand and 80% of its HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) as of Q3 this year, holding the 1

According to Bank of America, Wall Street analysts remain bullish on artificial intelligence hardware manufacturers and recommend holding these stocks despite recent market turbulence in July. The bank noted that the release of open-source AI models, including China's Kimi K3 launched on July 16, st

According to The Information, Google is developing Frozen v2, a new AI server chip that embeds Gemini's underlying architecture directly into silicon to boost inference efficiency by up to 10 times. Unlike general-purpose chips such as GPUs and Google's own TPUs, Frozen v2 sacrifices versatility for

According to Alphabet's earnings call on Wednesday (July 23), the company's cloud business backlog reached $514 billion, up from $460 billion last quarter, driven primarily by strong demand for AI infrastructure and solutions. The company also announced plans to expand use of third-party compute

SpaceX signed a large-scale computing resource rental contract with US AI startup Reflection last month, following earlier agreements with Anthropic and Google. The contracts generate combined monthly rental fees of $2.32 billion (approximately 3.2 trillion won) — $1.25 billion from Anthropic, $920

According to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google searches reached historic highs during the 2026 World Cup period. The company is seeing strong momentum in cloud growth driven by Gemini, with AI infrastructure demand accelerating as a key growth

Alphabet's Gemini app has reached 950 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company. The Gemini model now processes 22 billion API tokens per minute, supporting the growing demand for AI-powered

According to a Fox Business interview on July 22, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood said SpaceX could become "the most important company in history," citing its potential in space exploration, global communications, and artificial intelligence infrastructure. Wood emphasized Starlink's role as a

Hyundai Motor Company stated that its plan to deploy humanoid robots by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers. The automaker disputed reports linking partial labor strikes by the Hyundai Motor union at South Korea's largest automotive plant to concerns

According to Benchmark Equity Research, on Wednesday the firm raised its price target for Hut 8 Mining (HUT) to $195 from $165, an 18% increase, following the full commercialization of the company's Beacon Point AI campus in Texas. This marks Benchmark's second target hike for HUT this month, as

Anthropic will provide its Claude AI models to firms participating in the UK Financial Conduct Authority's second Supercharged Sandbox cohort, the regulator announced Wednesday. The partnership expands efforts to help financial companies test artificial intelligence applications in a controlled regu

On Wednesday, Anthropic joined the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) second Supercharged Sandbox cohort, providing its Claude AI models to participating financial firms. The second cohort includes 21 organizations, among them Scottish Widows, Money Advice Trust and TrueLayer. Participants