South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Sunday domestically developed artificial intelligence models are spreading into high-risk, high-difficulty professional settings. It said applications are expanding to cancer treatment planning, autonomous welding in shipbuilding, defence and semiconductor design. LG AI Research is working with Vanderbilt University Medical Center on an AI system for cancer care. NC AI is introducing physical AI to Hanwha Ocean\'s shipyards, while SKT and the defence ministry are pursuing a defence-focused model.

Fadu, a fabless semiconductor company specialising in data centre chips, reported preliminary first-quarter revenue of 59.5 billion won and operating profit of 7.7 billion won, it said on April 27. Revenue rose 210 percent from a year earlier and the company swung to an operating profit from a loss. Net profit came to 10.2 billion won, also returning to profit. Fadu cited a higher share of controller sales and rising AI data centre demand.