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Marine battery data hub buildout accelerates, push to meet international standards

South Korea is moving to build a national data infrastructure for marine batteries, aiming to strengthen competitiveness and respond to international standards. Korea Electronics Technology Institute said it held a kickoff meeting for a project to develop a marine battery data hub platform. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is 추진ing the project, supported by the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion. The five-year programme runs from 2026 to 2030 with 25 billion won in funding, backed by South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City.

Games & Commerce

IMI moves to protect customer service agents with AI real-time emotional risk detection

IMI, operator of the game item trading platform ItemMania, is moving to strengthen protections for emotional labour workers through a pilot of an AI-based counselling support system. The company said it completed technology verification after joining an EICN-led project to develop and test an AI counselling assist system that supports early response and decision-making on emotional risks. The system analyses text and voice to detect risky situations and provide alerts and response guidance.

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.