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A Chinese joint research team has proposed a five-stage framework for classifying self-evolving AI systems. According to the study, the most advanced systems today remain at the second stage of the ladder.
KOSDAQ-listed NexDynamics has completed the payment of a 13 billion won rights offering, according to a filing on the Financial Supervisory Service's electronic disclosure system. This marks the second completed round, following an earlier 2 billion won offering. A 30 billion won offering is scheduled for November 10.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction says it will complete its AI-exclusive data center in Pohang, which broke ground in June 2026, in 16.5 months, targeting the second half of 2027. The company's claim to the 'Korea's first' label, however, clashes with the earlier groundbreaking of the SK-AWS Ulsan data center.
AMD's market capitalization crossed the $1 trillion mark (about 1,380 trillion won) for the first time on September 21. Reuters reported that surging AI demand drove the milestone, underpinned by 107% growth in the company's data center revenue.
Korea's AI Basic Act came into force on January 22, 2026, as set by the supplementary provisions in the National Legal Information System, and has been in effect for 236 days as of September 15. The July 21 date refers to the enforcement of amended provisions.
On-device AI startup B-Drift's model 'Pocket' surpassed 1 million cumulative downloads on Hugging Face on September 11, seven weeks after release. Per reports from Maeil Business Newspaper and GDNet Korea, cumulative downloads reached 1.095 million as of September 15.
Huawei has introduced a 'Context Memory Storage' system capable of holding 64 petabytes of KV cache. The product is aimed at expanding memory capacity for large-scale AI inference workloads.
Britain's King Charles III convened global technology leaders, including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, at an AI summit in Scotland on September 17, 2026, warning of AI's risks to human existence. Held as an official royal event, the gathering was a rare case of a head of state directly addressing the AI safety agenda.
Asan City is pursuing designation as a semiconductor back-end process specialized complex to support Samsung Electronics' 46 trillion won HBM investment. If designated, Asan would transform into a back-end-focused semiconductor cluster.
KOSDAQ-listed OpenEdge Technology (394280) jumped as much as 9.07% intraday on September 18, 2026. A broad rally in neuromorphic semiconductor-related stocks was cited as the driver of the gain.