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Ryu Je-myeong says industry-academia-research cooperation essential to boost physical AI competitiveness

Ryu Je-myeong (류제명), second vice minister of South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT, attended the Physical AI Tech Day event in Seoul on Tuesday and stressed the importance of cooperation among industry, academia and research institutions. The event, themed \"Intelligence into Action,\" brings together experts to share trends and development directions in physical AI. Ryu also toured exhibits, including AI semiconductors, factory optimisation and collaborative robots and humanoids.

AI & Enterprise

OpenAI tops Anthropic in paid AI spending across 47 U.S. states

OpenAI outpaced Anthropic in U.S. consumer spending on paid AI services in 47 of 50 states, based on an analysis of credit and debit card payments from June to August by YipitData. Anthropic led in California, Massachusetts and Montana, and Claude spending was also higher in Washington, D.C. The data exclude free users and may not fully capture corporate spending. a16z said the figures do not represent total revenue.

Finance

Expired credit cards can still be used for contactless payments, \'zombie card\' flaw found

A vulnerability has been found that allows some expired credit cards to be used again for contactless payments. A University of Massachusetts Amherst research team presented a “zombie card” attack at USENIX Security Symposium 2026. The team said expiry information may not be consistently protected and verified across the terminal, payment network and card issuer. In tests, the attack succeeded with Visa contactless Kernel 3 in some settings.