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The UN Secretary-General called for AI safety safeguards, drawing on nuclear crisis management as a precedent. The labeling of the US-China dynamic in this context reflects media framing rather than official designation.
Gyeonggi Province Governor Choo Mi-ae opened the September monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. on September 22 in the Yulgok Hall of the provincial office, broadcast live in full. While governors have previously opened meetings to the public, this was the first time an entire session was aired with no closed agenda items.
A Financial Times report, based on four anonymous sources, said multiple staff at the UK AI Safety Institute (AISI) have taken sick leave or psychological counseling due to work stress. Resignations of researchers citing safety concerns at major AI labs have been established, but the sick-leave claims have yet to receive official confirmation from the institute.
Korea's hydrogel mask pack exports reached $414.36 million in January–July 2026, up 25.8% year-on-year. Having reclaimed the world's top spot in 2024 with $700 million after three years, manufacturers are now racing to expand production capacity.
At the 81st UN General Assembly on September 22, US President Donald Trump declared he would use 'SI' (Super Intelligence) instead of AI. However, the naming proposal had already been made public on September 19, so it was not introduced for the first time in the speech.
An antitrust class action against four US AI companies was filed on September 18. The complaint alleges the industry's slowdown declarations were collusion, yet infrastructure investment and model releases at the companies continued to grow over the same period.
Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety disclosed 44 drug items subject to September re-evaluation. In the same week, news emerged that the country's first domestically developed dry-eye drug, co-developed by Zelt Pathtech and Aju Pharm, halted production after approval, drawing attention to both lengthy development timelines and post-approval management.
Claims of a US-China rivalry over global AI leadership were confirmed in official statements from mid-September 2026. The White House used the phrase 'a race toward global dominance,' while Xi Jinping said China would 'firmly seize the leadership in our own hands.'
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a broadcast interview on September 22, 2026 that the US would explore a hotline with China for AI incident notification. The proposal remains at an early concept stage, ahead of the Xi Jinping–Trump summit.
The government has pushed back the finalization of the 12th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand from October 2026 to year-end due to a newly created public deliberation process for nuclear policy. The short-term power supply plan for semiconductors is proceeding on a separate track, so the document delay does not directly translate into supply disruptions.