Kolon Benit, an IT services company of Kolon Group, said on Wednesday that membership in its AI Alliance, a cooperation chain among AI companies it leads, has surpassed 100 companies. The company said the alliance has expanded to that scale about two years after its launch, with members spanning generative AI, vision AI, document AI, AI agents, MLOps and AI hardware.

South Korea\'s KOSPI opened lower on Tuesday but turned higher during the session and ended in the 7,800s, setting a record closing high. The benchmark rose 200.86 points, or 2.63 percent, to 7,844.01. Foreign investors net sold 3.72 trillion won as the dollar-won rate climbed to the 1,490 won range, while individuals and institutions bought. Auto and chip shares led gains.