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South Korean AI chip firms look to expand \'sovereign AI\' on AMD open ecosystem after Lisa Su meeting

AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su met South Korean AI chip companies to expand cooperation based on an open AI computing ecosystem. South Korea’s science ministry and AMD held a roundtable in Seoul to discuss building a heterogeneous computing ecosystem and combining AMD CPUs and GPUs with locally made AI chips. Officials and executives said demand is shifting toward inference, increasing interest in mixing GPUs and NPUs. The government plans large-scale reference projects to validate full-stack systems.

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AI policy scrutiny intensifies, Bae Kyung-hoon says he will press ahead with national AI projects

South Korea’s parliamentary science and ICT committee grilled the Ministry of Science and ICT on government AI policy, including frontier AI, a homegrown AI foundation model project, budgets, infrastructure, and safety and trust. Deputy Prime Minister and Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said he is the final person responsible for national AI projects. Lawmakers questioned decision-making for frontier AI, fairness in evaluations, GPU spending and low utilisation rates, and raised concerns about limited safety funding.

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AI slowdown calls clash with $800 billion infrastructure bets, raising fears for U.S. economy

Calls to slow U.S. artificial intelligence development are colliding with expectations of a surge in investment, drawing attention to how an AI slowdown could affect the broader economy. U.S. hyperscalers are forecast to spend $800 billion on AI infrastructure this year, while proposals range from pacing frontier-model development to halting advanced AI until federal rules are set. Markets are also watching how any pullback in AI investment could ripple through growth, stocks and credit.