LG Electronics said it will cut the time from product development to launch by strengthening its ability to respond to European security regulations. Its software-accredited testing lab under the CTO recently obtained designated test laboratory status from global certification body TUV Rheinland for the EU Radio Equipment Directive's cybersecurity rules. The company can now conduct certification tests in-house, avoiding overseas shipment of prototypes and reducing time and costs, while lowering the risk of information leakage.

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT said it will hold a launch ceremony on Aug. 11 in Seoul for an industry-academia-research council on self-driving laboratories. The ministry described self-driving labs as platforms that link equipment, robots and AI to automate repeated experiments around the clock. The government sees them as a core foundation for K-Moonshot and plans to build a closed-loop system spanning hypothesis, experiment, analysis and revised hypotheses.