AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to OpenAI's status page monitored by Beating, ChatGPT and Codex are currently experiencing elevated error rates that have persisted for at least 12 minutes. The cause is under investigation.

According to social media reports, OpenAI's ChatGPT and Codex experienced widespread service outages on July 25, leaving both tools inaccessible to users.

According to sources familiar with the matter, SoftBank is considering acquiring Gravis Robotics AG, a Zurich-based robotics startup. The deal could potentially value the European company at over $500 million, according to informed sources. SoftBank plans to implement the transaction in phases,

On July 24, Microsoft published an open letter titled "Open Weights and American AI Leadership," signed by 25 companies and organizations including Nvidia, Meta, IBM, Dell, Hugging Face, Mistral, and a16z, calling on the U.S. government not to restrict open-source AI models. The letter argues that o

According to Reuters, Samsung and SK Hynix are set to announce a major artificial intelligence chip deal with a U.S. technology company. Specific details of the partnership, including the partner's identity and transaction size, have not been

According to ChainCatcher, B.AI API platform has officially launched Claude Opus 5 model with a 1 million token context window and up to 128,000 tokens per single output, effective immediately. The platform introduced dual-channel API access options: users can leverage either the official

Naver, NVIDIA, and Brookfield announced on the 25th the expansion of their multi-tenant artificial intelligence (AI) factory in Sejong City from the original 55 megawatts (MW) to 200MW by 2028. The announcement was made at the AI Summit in San Francisco. The expansion aims to provide large-scale

According to Zhao Lin, former ambassador to Eswatini, speaking on CTi News' program "Hong Liu Dong Jian" on July 24, China and the U.S. are developing divergent AI strategies. The U.S. pursues high-cost closed-source models to maintain its technological edge, while China emphasizes cost-effective, o

According to Guru Club, on Saturday (July 25), SK Group and other South Korean conglomerates signed a $950 billion cooperation agreement with global tech giants including Nvidia. The deal was concluded during a high-level meeting held during South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's visit to San

Samsung SDS announced on July 25 a strategic partnership with generative AI company Anthropic to expand enterprise AI business in the Korean market. The collaboration aims to discover new business opportunities, train specialists in deploying and operating Anthropic's AI model Claude, and support AI

SK Group announced partnerships with NVIDIA, Microsoft, Anthropic, and Amazon Web Services for AI infrastructure development at the K-AI Summit held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on July 24 (local time). The collaborations include building an AI factory with up to 2 gigawatts capacity and e

According to Yonhapinfomax, Samsung SDS signed a strategic partnership with Anthropic today (July 25) to expand enterprise AI services in South Korea. The partnership aims to jointly identify new business opportunities in the Korean market, develop Claude-specialized professionals, and support Samsu

Samsung Electronics signed a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding with Broadcom on the 24th (local time) at the AI Summit in San Francisco. The collaboration, valued at over $200 billion (approximately 280 trillion won), will run through 2030 and focus on building next-generation

According to Yonhap Infomax, Samsung Electronics and Broadcom signed a strategic partnership memorandum on July 24 to collaborate on advanced semiconductor infrastructure through 2030 with over $200 billion in planned investment. Under the agreement, Samsung will supply advanced memory products

According to market observers, record capital expenditure on AI infrastructure by Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and other cloud giants is raising credit concerns this week. Corporate bond credit spreads have widened notably, and credit default swap premiums are rising across the sector, signaling debt

According to Xinhua, Elon Musk recently stated that China is very strong in robotics and artificial intelligence, and very likely to become an AI leader at some point.

According to Yonhap Infomax, Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Euisun Chung announced on July 24 that the automaker plans to produce autonomous-driving-specialized Ioniq 5 vehicles at its Georgia factory for deployment in Waymo's robotaxi service. The announcement was made during an AI summit in San

Anthropic is conducting direct negotiations with US regulatory authorities regarding access to its advanced AI model 'Mythos', currently blocked to Korea under US export controls. Kim Yong-beom, Blue House Policy Office Director, revealed on the 24th (local time) that the Ministry of Science and

According to Jin10, Nvidia CEO Huang Ren-hong joined X on July 25, posting his first message supporting open-source artificial intelligence models in a letter co-signed by Nvidia. Elon Musk responded by endorsing the post, stating, "Huang is right. I fully support."

According to Yonhapinfomax reporting on July 24, South Korea's government is in negotiations with Anthropic regarding access to the company's advanced AI model Mythos, which is restricted by U.S. export controls as a strategic technology. Kim Yong-beom, South Korea's presidential policy chief,