South Korea's AI Budget Hits ₩9.4 Trillion Era, but Physical AI Remains Under 5% in 'Imbalance'
· Source: biggo.com
In short
South Korea's government AI budget for next year will rise to ₩9.4211 trillion (~$7 billion), yet physical AI covering robotics, manufacturing, and logistics gets only ₩462.2 billion (~$344 million), just 4.9% of the total. Although physical AI funding has surged 10.9-fold in two years, the gap with the overall AI budget has widened to ₩8.9589 trillion as investment concentrates on LLMs and computing infrastructure. The article contrasts this with Japan's integrated Noetra/NEDO roadmap and calls from lawmaker Hwang Jung-ah to link Frontier AI and Dokpamo outcomes to industrial applications and enact a special Physical AI Act.
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Tags: physical AI, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, policy, automation