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K-Moonshot project stumbles at start as AI scientist program director offers to resign

South Korea\'s K-Moonshot project, aimed at applying AI to science and technology to solve national challenges, faces an early setback after a mission program director offered to resign. The science ministry said the resignation came for personal reasons and is expected to be accepted after the deputy prime minister returns from an overseas trip. The ministry plans to proceed without recruiting a successor and has outlined governance and conflict-of-interest controls for program directors.

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AI startups need markets, not technology; government should be first customer

Industry participants at the AXIS 2026 conference in Seoul said AI startups lack markets and first customers rather than ideas or technology, and urged the government to play an early-market role. Korea Startup Forum Chairman Jae-won Kim (김재원) said Korea has the layers needed for an AI powerhouse but needs the government to act as a customer. Companies cited public demand, regulation and domains such as defence and disaster response. Officials and lawmakers voiced support for first-use and purchase projects.

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OpenAI considers mega data centre in Ohio backed by Nvidia

OpenAI is seeking to lease a 10-gigawatt AI data centre in the U.S. state of Ohio, a move that could rank among the largest single-site AI computing infrastructure investments if completed. Discussions are based on funding support from Nvidia. The proposed location is the former Portsmouth gas diffusion plant site in Pike County. OpenAI’s Stargate project has secured about 7 gigawatts across seven sites as of September 2025.