By Choonsik Yoo ( August 28, 2026, 01:25 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea aims to become the world leader in physical artificial intelligence, building on its advanced manufacturing base and foundation-model capabilities as AI expands from digital applications into robots, autonomous vehicles and other systems that perceive, reason and act in real-world environments, a senior government official said. The government is developing physical AI models and a manufacturing “data flywheel” to generate increasingly sophisticated training data, while viewing domestic capabilities as a national security imperative, given the risk that reliance on foreign models and machines could expose sensitive information or leave access vulnerable to restrictions imposed by other countries.South Korea aims to become the world’s leader in “physical artificial intelligence,” building on its advanced manufacturing base and competitive foundation-model capabilities as AI moves from the digital realm into real-world industrial environments, a senior government official said....
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