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Telecommunications & Media
KT faces tougher calculus on media affiliates ahead of Park Yoon-young launch
KT is drawing attention for its future media strategy as it prepares for Park Yoon-young to take office as CEO. The company is considering an organisational reshuffle and has yet to announce executive appointments after staff reshuffles in December. Many media affiliate CEOs see their terms end in March, and some units say business initiatives are effectively on hold. Industry sources expect KT to focus on telecoms and AI and adjust its media portfolio.
Finance
Kakao CEO Chung Shin-a seen on track for second term after record results
Kakao CEO Chung Shin-a is seen as likely to secure a second term as her mandate expires in March, after delivering what is described as the company’s best-ever results amid an unusual crisis. Analysts cite a focus-and-select strategy that cut affiliates from 147 to 94. Kakao is also pivoting its AI push toward practical services integrated with KakaoTalk and is preparing finance initiatives, including a won stablecoin task force with Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank.
AI & Enterprise
AI price war begins as physical AI market expands
Price competition among major AI companies is intensifying as providers introduce lower-priced chatbot subscriptions aimed at reducing barriers for free users to switch to paid plans. OpenAI expanded its ad-supported ChatGPT Go plan beyond India, and Google launched a $7.99 monthly Google AI Plus plan globally. Separately, companies are speeding efforts to apply physical AI in manufacturing, while startups and enterprises pursue funding, partnerships and product rollouts across robotics, automation and AI platforms.
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AI & Enterprise
ServiceNow shares fall despite forecast-beating quarterly results
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AI & Enterprise
ServiceNow expands AI partnership to Anthropic after OpenAI tie-up
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Industry
Government pushes worker presumption rule, platform industry on alert
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Mobility
Tesla 2025 net profit down 46 percent; revenue falls for second straight year
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AI & Enterprise
Meta to double infrastructure investment this year, unveil next-generation AI model 'Avocado' in first half
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Crypto
ECB's Cipollone says digital euro essential to secure payment sovereignty
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Crypto
Crypto loses speculative appeal as AI and robotics absorb capital
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AI & Enterprise
Meta posts $6 billion operating loss at Reality Labs in Q4, cumulative deficit nears $80 billion
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AI & Enterprise
WisdomTree expands tokenised fund offering to Solana
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AI & Enterprise
Microsoft quarterly revenue beats estimates as Azure cloud grows 39 percent
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Crypto
Fidelity to enter stablecoin market, launch FIDD in February
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Crypto
Dubai Insurance launches crypto wallet for premiums and claims payouts
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Crypto
Coinbase partners with Kalshi to launch prediction market in all 50 U.S. states
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AI & Enterprise
LinkedIn to build AI skills certification system
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AI & Enterprise
AI data-labeling company Handshake acquires Cleanlab