LG, Samsung Adopt AI That Controls 1,000 Robots at Once

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1. "We Will Export 'K-Unmanned Factories' With a 1,000-Robot Control Solution"

- Key Summary: Daim Research is developing proprietary technology that integrates and controls more than 1,000 robots from different manufacturers. CEO Young Jae Jang explained that the company developed everything itself, including its digital twin for robot training and its reinforcement learning engine, without using open source. Major customers that have adopted the solution include LG Energy Solution (373220.KS), Samsung SDI (006400.KS), SK On and Daeduck Electronics (353200.KS), and Daim Research has raised a total of 35 billion won in investment to date. The company has opened 'KAIROS,' a physical AI demonstration lab at KAIST's main campus in Daejeon, and has proposed to the government a plan to export unmanned factory packages overseas.

2. After Text Comes Voice: 'Voice AI Ventures' Jump Into the B2B Market

- Key Summary: Developers of voice-generating AI models are competing to secure enterprise customers. Edtech company Weverse Brain is pursuing plans to commercialize 'Weverse AI,' developed from 18 years of accumulated voice data, as an enterprise service for customer consultation and sales. Neosapience is expanding its B2B collaborations, including jointly developing an AI English learning service with education company Yoon's. OutOfSet, founded this year, plans to target the financial and shipping industries with on-device voice AI. Industry officials assess that the core of voice AI competition is moving from model size to industry-specific data and training methods.

3. Genesis Lab: "Targeting Japan With a Security-Worry-Free AI Agent OS"

- Key Summary: Genesis Lab is working to secure customers with 'Agentria,' its enterprise AI agent operating system (OS). Agentria enables companies to build AI agents within corporate governance by storing their documents in a 'Slip Box' and connecting them to large language models (LLMs), and it also provides a black box function that visualizes the AI's decision-making process. About 20 companies, including an electronic components manufacturer and financial firms, are currently conducting proof-of-concept (PoC) trials. The company is expected to establish a Tokyo subsidiary within the year and pursue collaborations with Japanese AI and retail tech companies.

4. So Confident in AI Safety, Yet Not a Single A or B Grade

- Key Summary: In the 'First Half 2026 AI Safety Index' released by the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a U.S. nonprofit think tank, none of nine major global AI companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind, received an A or B grade. Even top-ranked Anthropic only earned a C+, while OpenAI and Google DeepMind received C grades, Meta got a D+, and xAI, DeepSeek and Mistral received F grades. Evaluators also pointed out that major companies have recently been loosening the safety standards they initially established or narrowing their scope of application. FLI and the international AI science panel stressed that corporate self-regulation alone cannot control risks and that establishing an independent third-party verification system is urgently needed.

5. Smokestack Companies Reignited by AI Data Center Tailwinds

- Key Summary: Traditional manufacturers that struggled with economic downturn and low margins are expanding their entry into the AI data center value chain. Sammi Metal (012210.KS) saw related revenue rise 24% year-on-year by supplying crankshafts used in onshore generators for AI data centers, while Daedong Metals (020400.KS) saw its orders for generator castings grow from 8.1 billion won last year to approximately 17.3 billion won this year. Cooling equipment company Oteck Carrier and power infrastructure company YMTECH have also entered the AI data center market with cooling equipment and DC high-voltage control switches, respectively. According to the Bank of Korea, the average operating margin of traditional manufacturing stands at only 3-4%, while AI data center components and infrastructure businesses are assessed to offer expected profitability in the double digits or higher.

6. "One Data Breach and It's Over": Retailers Tighten Security Management

- Key Summary: With customer data breaches emerging as a critical risk that can determine a company's survival, major retailers are making information security management a top priority. Lotte Shopping (023530.KS) designated information security management as one of its top three material issues for the first time this year, and E-mart (139480.KS) newly specified response manuals for security incidents and personal data breaches. Hyundai Department Store raised its target for information security investment as a share of its information technology (IT) budget from 7% to 10% by the 2030s. According to the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), E-mart's information security investment rose to 8 billion won last year, up 2 billion won from a year earlier, while Hyundai Department Store expanded its investment from 2.6 billion won to 3 billion won over the same period.