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AI & Enterprise
Big Tech AI alliances reshuffle as agent payments evolve
OpenAI has revised its partnership agreement with Microsoft, allowing it to offer its models on cloud services beyond Microsoft Azure, with Amazon Web Services moving to provide OpenAI models through its Bedrock platform. Some AWS customers are reported to be unenthusiastic, saying existing Bedrock models are sufficient. Competition is also intensifying over technologies for AI agent payments, including OKX’s Agent Payments Protocol and Stripe’s Link wallet. The article rounds up related moves by global and Korean firms.
AI & Enterprise
Google to be AI partner for Korean industry, pushes into manufacturing, platforms and entertainment
Google positioned itself as an AI partner for South Korean industry, outlining plans to expand adoption from manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor to platforms and media including Kakao and CJ ENM. At a Seoul event, Google Korea CEO Yoon Koo said it would build an AI ecosystem with leading Korean companies. Google also announced an AI skills brand, plans for an AI campus, and showcased robotics and education initiatives using Gemini models.
AI & Enterprise
Google DeepMind says AGI frontier will open a new renaissance
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said AI will produce breakthroughs in disease, the environment and energy over the next decade, calling it the start of a new renaissance for human prosperity. Speaking in Seoul, he set out a vision of delivering “AI for everyone” at the frontier of artificial general intelligence. Participants said DeepMind did not present a concrete AGI definition or methodology, and discussed strategy and unresolved issues such as jagged intelligence.