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Korea parliament science, ICT committee completes second-half lineup with AI budget, misinformation on agenda

South Korea\'s National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee begins second-half activities after ruling and opposition parties completed member assignments. The panel is expected to focus on securing budgets and setting investment priorities for government AI projects, ensuring power supply for AI data centres and chip plants, and overhauling broadcasting and telecom rules. It is also set to debate regulation of false and manipulated information, follow-up work on the AI basic law and media fund financing.

AI & Enterprise

Korea AI Association holds National Assembly meeting on media-AI cooperation model in AI agent era

The Korea Artificial Intelligence Association and offices of lawmakers Song Ki-heon, Hwang Hee and Lee Yeon-hee held a meeting on July 22 to examine how the spread of AI agents affects news distribution and the formation of public opinion, and to seek a sustainable media-AI cooperation model. Participants discussed systems for news data access, control and compensation and a joint response framework among the media, the AI industry and the National Assembly.

AI & Enterprise

Ruling party science committee holds policy talks on second-half priorities, AI budget, power and network law

Ruling party lawmakers on the National Assembly’s science, ICT, broadcasting and communications committee held closed-door policy talks on July 22 with relevant government agencies. Participants reviewed progress on existing projects for the second half, including space launch vehicles and nuclear power safety issues. Lawmakers also discussed budget constraints for large AI projects such as AI data centres and physical AI, power demand linked to AI expansion and the need to strengthen SMR research and investment.