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S Korea’s AI economy can’t compete with China through conformity

South Korea is betting extraordinary sums on artificial intelligence. President Lee Jae-myung has backed an 800 trillion won (US$578 billion) semiconductor expansion involving Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, promoted a new chip hub in the country’s southwest and joined Korean and US technology companies in AI initiatives valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. South […] The post S Korea’s AI…

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S Korea’s AI economy can’t compete with China through conformity

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Why SK AX and SAP Are Betting on Agentic AI to Reinvent Enterprise ERP

SK AX and SAP are betting that agentic AI can reshape how companies operate ERP systems spanning finance, human resources, procurement, inventory and sales — potentially moving enterprises closer to a…

  • SK AX and SAP collaborate on integrating agentic AI into enterprise ERP systems.
  • Partnership aims to create AI-native enterprises with AI agents embedded in daily operations.
  • SK AX's AI capabilities, like my Finance and EAR Studio, combine with SAP's technologies.

·koreaittimes.com

How MCP Wastes 4-32x More Tokens Than CLI (and How to Fix It)

Here are two numbers that should ruin your morning coffee: 71,929 tokens versus 123 tokens . Same 255 tools. Same machine. Same day.

  • MCP uses 71,929 tokens to load 255 tools, compared to CLI's 123 tokens.
  • Sending the full tool catalog wastes 56% of a 128K context window.
  • Fix involves sending only tool names, fetching schemas only when needed.

·dev.to

AI เขียน Go โบราณตลอด — JetBrains เลยทำ "กติกาการเขียน Go สมัยใหม่" ให้ agent แล้ว

📅 เขียนเมื่อ: สิงหาคม 2026 | ครอบคลุม Go 1.0–1.27 ⚠️ ข้อมูลอัปเดต ณ วันที่เขียน — เวอร์ชัน/ฟีเจอร์อาจเปลี่ยนตามรอบ release ของ Go ถ้าคุณเคยให้ AI coding agent เขียนโค้ด Go ให้…

  • JetBrains creates solution for AI-generated Go code
  • go-modern-guidelines repository contains 57 rules
  • Guidelines help AI agents generate modern Go code

·dev.to

Google Gemini 3.5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash: The Complete Guide

Gemini 3.5 represents Google's latest efforts to dominate the fast-growing market for agentic AI applications in 2026. Developers need models that are both fast and cost-effective to run complex…

  • Google unveils Gemini 3.5 and Gemini 3.5 Flash for agentic AI applications.
  • Gemini 3.5 Flash prioritizes speed and cost-effectiveness for developers.
  • Context caching reduces API costs by up to 50% for Gemini 3.5 users.

·dev.to

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