AI NewsWaveOct. 7 AI Briefing: Boston Dynamics' New Chief and the AI Infrastructure Buildout
Key points
- Boston Dynamics brings in AI expert as CEO
- Race for AI data centers and power continues
- AI transformation and security monitoring expand at companies
Boston Dynamics brought in Rohit Prasad, who led Alexa and AI research at Amazon, as its new CEO. The appointment is meant to speed the deployment and commercialization of physical AI at industrial sites, and several outlets reported the news.
KT Cloud will join a 50MW-class AI data center project in Cheongna, Incheon, as a design, construction and operation partner. Construction is to begin in the fourth quarter of this year, with completion targeted for the first quarter of 2030, and several outlets reported it.
Salesforce will support the AI transformation of sales for MICE at Inspire Entertainment Resort. It plans to start by integrating sales data and expand step by step to an AI-based decision-making system.
Lotte Global Logistics was selected for a national project under the 2026 Robot Industry Technology Development Program, run by the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and will develop a logistics humanoid. Chosun Biz reported that over the next five years it will demonstrate six processes, including picking, packing and inspection, at logistics centers nationwide.
Hancom InnoStream unveiled Hancom AX Lab, an AI and AX education brand, and will strengthen physical AI education centered on robot control and simulation. The brand was shown at Smart Life Week 2026.
Logpresso extended the monitoring scope of its SIEM platform to ChatGPT Enterprise usage records. The integration app lets companies analyze generative AI usage records alongside existing security logs to look for signs of confidential information leaks.
Google signed a 3,590MW nuclear power supply deal with Constellation Energy. According to AI Times, about a quarter of the total volume is secured by adding generating capacity at existing nuclear plants. TheElec reported that power contracts totaling more than 6GW followed in succession, including a 2.7GW contract for a data center in Wyoming.
Siemens' EDA division and TSMC are strengthening their cooperation on applying AI agents to semiconductor design. The goal is to shorten the time to tape-out by automating the correction of design rule check errors.