{"id":208149,"date":"2026-05-03T03:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/the-competition-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-hegemony-is-now-expanding-into-the-physical-world-a\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T04:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:10:30","slug":"the-competition-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-hegemony-is-now-expanding-into-the-physical-world-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/the-competition-for-artificial-intelligence-ai-hegemony-is-now-expanding-into-the-physical-world-a\/","title":{"rendered":"The competition for artificial intelligence (AI) hegemony is now expanding into the physical world a.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/it\/12034463\">The competition for artificial intelligence (AI) hegemony is now expanding into the physical world a..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/it\/12034463\">https:\/\/www.mk.co.kr\/en\/it\/12034463<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-03 03:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mk.co.kr\">www.mk.co.kr<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Korea plans to invest 1.3 trillion won in AI and ICT R&amp;D this year, focusing on AI models and semiconductors.<\/li>\n<li>The country aims to develop an independent AI foundation model and agentic AI for autonomous actions.<\/li>\n<li>Significant investment in physical AI technologies, including robots, autonomous driving, and manufacturing, with a focus on enhancing robot brains and developing a World Foundation Model.<\/li>\n<li>Development of three general-purpose technologies in physical AI: VLA foundation model, simulation platform, and low-power computing platform.<\/li>\n<li>R&amp;D in universal artificial intelligence (AGI) and specialized neuromorphic processor unit (NPU) semiconductors for low-power, high-performance computing.<\/li>\n<li>Emphasis on cybersecurity and network security with foundational models for AI in base stations, 6G technology, and AI-based vulnerability detection.<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration with the Ministry of National Defense to accelerate AI incorporation through Defense AI Transformation (AX) and creation of five AI research bases.<\/li>\n<li>Increased funding for AI talent development, including new AI-centered university selections and expansion of mentoring programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The competition for artificial intelligence (AI) hegemony is now expanding into the physical world a&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wimg.mk.co.kr\/news\/cms\/202605\/04\/20260504_01110202000002_L00.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[23,20],"class_list":["post-208149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-agi","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208151,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208149\/revisions\/208151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}