Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Jeong Aims to Position Korea as Physical AI Hub with Global Big Tech Collaboration

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Jeong Yong-sun announced plans to position South Korea as a global physical AI industry hub through partnerships with major tech companies. At the San Francisco AI Summit, he outlined transitioning Hyundai into a physical AI solutions provider, emphasizing initiatives like the Saemangeum AI Valley, which includes a robotics cluster and AI data centers. The project aims to integrate urban intelligence through intelligent robots and expand to city-level AI factories, with collaborations including Nvidia, Waymo, and DeepMind to accelerate physical AI development.