South Korea\'s Personal Information Protection Commission on Thursday announced a third basic master plan for personal data protection for 2027 to 2029 as a joint agenda item with relevant ministries at an economic ministers\' meeting. The plan sets out a vision of a trusted data environment and an AI society. It includes four strategies and 12 tasks, including redesigning rules for AI, strengthening prevention-focused protections, upgrading policy and expanding remedies and rights safeguards.

The U.S. government has lifted export controls on Anthropic’s top AI models, Claude Fable5 and Mythos5, raising expectations of renewed competition among companies seeking to deploy AI models in cyber security. OpenAI has also made limited releases of three GPT-5.6 models, including a top model focused on cyber security. Companies are moving to apply agentic AI to security operations centers, while firms and institutions in and outside South Korea outline new security initiatives and strategies.