# South Korea targets 'world's highest performance' sovereign AI model in record new budget

- Source: CNBC Top News
- Published: 2026-11-02T06:02:03+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/02/south-korea-ai-spending-budget.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/south-korea-targets-world-s-highest-performance-sovereign-ai-model-in--e6fc26/

The 2027 budget will rise 12.8% to 820.9 trillion won, and will include a 21.3 trillion won investment into semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers.

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