AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won, who disclosed the information at an AI industry event in San Francisco, Anthropic has formally approached SK Hynix (SKHY-US) for semiconductor components to support its in-house

According to PANews on July 27, Alibaba 1688 is developing an AI Agent product called Xiang Zao for end-user commodity customization. Currently embedded within the 1688 platform, the tool enables users to complete design, production preview, pricing, and one-click checkout independently. After

Elon Musk predicted that money could become largely irrelevant by 2036 as artificial intelligence and robots create extraordinary abundance, according to an interview with The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes. Musk argued that advances in AI and robotics could allow society to

According to Elon Musk in an interview with The Economist, money could become largely irrelevant by 2036 as artificial intelligence and robots create a world of extraordinary abundance. Musk argued that people primarily need money to obtain goods and services, but advances in AI and robotics could e

According to South Korean daily Maeil Business Newspaper, AMD and South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT signed a memorandum of understanding on AI chip ecosystem cooperation on July 23 in San Francisco, announced on July 27. The agreement includes building an AI Center of Excellence in South Kor

According to Beating's monitoring, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced at YC Startup School 2026 that the company will launch its Harness tool and continue releasing open-source models. Harness is an agent runtime framework that handles tool invocation, file read-write operations, and cont

According to Money Today, Naver surged on July 27 after Nvidia announced a 1 billion dollar equity investment in the South Korean tech company as part of an AI Factory collaboration. The stock jumped 8.8% to 225,000 Korean won in afternoon trading, with intraday highs reaching a 13% gain at 234,500

The Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA), Deloitte, and Dubai-based free zone DMCC launched the AI & Agentics Council to establish governance standards for AI-powered agents in blockchain gaming ecosystems. The council, operating as a department within BGA, was introduced with founding partners Xsolla,

On July 21, 2026, the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA), Deloitte, and DMCC jointly launched the AI & Agentics Council, a governance initiative designed to establish standards for AI-powered agents capable of holding digital wallets and

According to Tencent Cloud, Tencent WorkBuddy officially launched on the HarmonyOS app store, becoming the first desktop office AI agent on the HarmonyOS platform.

According to Korea Exchange, Naver stock jumped 8.8% to 225,000 won during afternoon trading on July 27 after Nvidia announced a ₩1.48 trillion investment in the South Korean tech company. The investment is part of Nvidia's AI factory collaboration initiative with Naver.

Kiwoom Asset Management announced on May 27 that it will list the 'KIWOOM US CPU Semiconductor TOP4+' exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Korean Securities Market on May 28. The ETF concentrates investments in CPU companies emerging as core semiconductor players in the Agentic AI era. The fund

According to Bloomberg citing sources, SoftBank attracted 21 new lenders to its $40 billion bridge loan for OpenAI on July 27. The new lenders collectively received approximately $7 billion of the loan amount, with Abu Dhabi First Bank, Singapore's Temasek, and Standard Chartered each subscribing to

The SF-Olive Korea-Spain consortium has been selected by South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) for the '2026 International Joint Technology Development Project' to develop a Physical AI-based smart farm platform for olive

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is visiting the White House this week to seek fast-track approval for a new AI model powerful enough to solve an 80-year-old mathematics problem, according to Axios reporting on the 26th local time. The visit comes as the Trump administration prepares to announce details of a v

According to Axios on July 26, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is visiting the White House this week to seek faster approval of a powerful new AI model that has solved an 80-year-old mathematical puzzle. The model, which resolved the Erdős unit distance problem, marks the first instance of an AI

According to an International Data Corporation (IDC) report on China's AI gaming cloud market released recently, Alibaba Cloud ranked first in the AI gaming cloud model services and AI applications segment with a 37% market

According to Beating, Alibaba's office Agent "Qianwen Workplace" launched on July 27, integrating QoderWork, Wukong, and MuleRun into a standalone product accessible via web or within DingTalk. The platform

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) stock’s weekly close as of July 24 was $521.95, up 5.3% this week. AMD has committed to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic. AMD’s Q2 earnings report will be released after the close on Aug. 4 (U.S. market). The median expected Q2 revenue is $11.2 billion. Semiconductor stock performance comparison this week: AMD’s weekly gain of 5.3% beats the broader market Based on the closing data as of July 24, 2026, the performance of major semiconductor and tech stocks this week is as f

According to Chosun Daily, South Korean IT services firm LG CNS was selected as a founding member of AI Materials Foundry on July 27. The consortium, launched by UK-based startup CuspAI, includes partners such as Nvidia, Meta, AMD, 3M, and Merck, spanning more than 45 organizations globally. The