AMCHAM (the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea) launched an AI Leadership Council on July 2, 2026 at its AMCHAM AI Forum in Seoul, bringing together senior executives from Apple, AWS, Cisco, Cohere, Corning, J.P. Morgan, Lam Research, OpenAI, PTC, Qualcomm, and Tesla to advise on AI policy, data governance, and Korea-U.S. industry cooperation. More than 150 government officials, executives, and technologists attended, according to The Korea Times and Seoul Economic Daily. The council is chaired by AMCHAM CEO James Kim, and South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT used the forum to preview its "K-AI Blueprint 2026" strategy targeting a top-three global AI ranking.