Business Adoption
Homeplus’s rehabilitation signals Korea’s big-box retailers are prioritizing AI-lite tools with 6–18 month ROI—shrink control, dynamic pricing, forecasting—under creditor scrutiny.
Business Adoption
Hyundai and its union are weighing a fixed “complete monthly wage” as humanoid robots roll onto lines. The pilot could become a global template for stabilizing incomes while automating, resetting labor costs, incentives, and bargaining.
Society & Risk
Singapore’s AI-driven export surge is a warning light for Vietnam’s electronics-heavy economy. The next 6–12 months hinge on ports, power reliability, customs, and working capital policy.
Compute & Infrastructure
Shanghai startup Fysics AI launches Fysiverse, a world model built on physics laws rather than raw data—challenging the dominant Western AI paradigm.
Society & Risk
Taiwan's LY Corporation launches Agent i, an agentic AI platform pushing enterprises toward AI-first models—a shift Western media has largely missed.
Society & Risk
LY Corporation unveils Agent i, a locally designed agentic AI framework positioning Taiwan as an enterprise AI solutions hub beyond semiconductors.