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Industry
Energy costs added to supply price linkage, but effectiveness for chip materials, parts and equipment firms questioned
Electricity and gas bills paid by South Korean semiconductor materials, parts and equipment firms will be included in the supply-price linkage scheme from Dec. 3. The government introduced the move alongside a 5 trillion won semiconductor fund to channel large-company investment gains to smaller suppliers. Critics say the requirement that costs exceed 10 percent of supply payments and opt-out clauses by agreement may limit price pass-through. A budget office said results so far are hard to verify.
AI & Enterprise
OpenAI expands cooperation with South Korean government, attention on executives\' ties to Korea
OpenAI is strengthening support for South Korea and has selected the Ministry of Science and ICT as a partner for its Government and Trusted Access (GTAC) programme, with KISA handling operations. Participants receive access to OpenAI’s latest cybersecurity model, GPT-5.5 Cyber. The article also notes observations that Korea-linked executives, including Jason Kwon and Greg Brockman, and the build-out of OpenAI Korea’s external affairs and communications team are connected to the company’s moves.
AI & Enterprise
Mindlogic launches AI agents for public data analysis
AI startup Mindlogic said on Tuesday it has launched two agents: Korea in Data for analysing national statistics and Law in Data focused on laws and ordinances. Korea in Data is a conversational AI jointly developed with the National Assembly Futures Institute and a research team led by Seoul National University professor Ko Kil-gon. It links directly to official data sources including KOSIS and provides real-time analysis. Law in Data is trained on domestic legal data to support administrative work.