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An article exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming South Korean society, affecting career paths, dating norms, and broader cultural practices.
South Korean stock markets crash over 40% due to AI bubble concerns, triggering two circuit breakers, as the government scrambles to implement cooling measures and prevent a financial crisis.
South Korea has announced an $880 billion AI infrastructure plan covering semiconductor expansion, physical AI, and AI data centers, aiming to strengthen its position in the global AI race. The multi-year plan involves major companies and includes building four new fabs and 18.4GW of data center capacity.
South Korea outlines its AI future at the AI Summit in San Francisco with NVIDIA and partners, announcing a joint AI research lab with KAIST and expanded collaborations with SK Group to advance AI infrastructure and agentic AI.
Hyundai denies that its humanoid robot plans are part of negotiations with striking workers, stating that current talks focus on compensation, while the union seeks job protections amid automation fears.
A CEO used ChatGPT to devise a scheme to avoid paying $250 million in bonuses to employees, ignoring legal advice; the scheme failed in court, and he had to pay.
South Korea plans to provide every citizen with free, unlimited access to an AI chatbot called 'AI for Everyone', using homegrown AI models and powered by 512 GPUs. A trial launches in September, with full public service ambitions by 2027.
South Korean chip workers at Samsung and SK Hynix have become highly sought after in the dating market due to enormous bonuses from the AI chip boom, but this has also intensified concerns about wealth inequality.
South Korea's government and top tech companies commit $1 trillion to boost memory chip production, build AI data centers, and accelerate commercial humanoid robots by 2028.
South Korean tech giants, led by Samsung and SK Hynix, have committed over $900 billion to build four new memory fabs, an HBM packaging hub, and AI data centers to address the global memory chip shortage ('RAMageddon') and strengthen the country's AI industry.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung announced a $576 billion national 'triple axis' strategy covering semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centres, with Samsung and SK Group chairs attending the briefing. The plan includes a new fabrication hub in southwestern provinces to boost chip production and reduce regional inequality.
South Korea announces plans to train all 500,000 military personnel to operate drones as a 'universal combat tool,' inspired by drone warfare in Ukraine and the Middle East.
This newsletter covers two stories: Casey Harrell, a man with ALS, becomes the first 'power user' of a brain implant that lets him speak and use the web independently, and explores why South Koreans are far more optimistic about AI than Americans.
An analysis of South Korea's widespread embrace of AI, driven by government policy and cultural enthusiasm, contrasting with growing skepticism in the US.
Nvidia partners with Korean tech giant Naver to build AI factory infrastructure in South Korea, starting at 55 megawatts with plans for gigawatt-scale operation, leveraging Nvidia's DSX platform.
The article reports a widening sell-off in technology stocks, with South Korea's main index experiencing a significant drop.
Researchers at POSTECH developed a zinc oxide-tellurium transistor that performs multiple circuit functions in a single device, reducing transistor requirements by 75% and increasing processing speeds fourfold, with potential applications in compact AI hardware and wearable electronics.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visits South Korea to strengthen AI supply chain partnerships, highlighting the country's role in sovereign AI infrastructure, robotics, and gaming.
South Korea will mandate that online forums use AI tools to scan every image for censorship, marking a significant expansion of automated content moderation.
Over 47,000 Samsung Electronics workers are planning an 18-day strike after bonus negotiations collapsed, potentially disrupting memory chip production amid ongoing shortages.