South Korea plans to invest $3.6 billion in surplus tax revenue from the semiconductor boom to secure 10,000 Rubin GPUs and develop a world-class sovereign AI model, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT. The government said it will stop spreading support across multiple teams and instead foster a frontier-class AI model through a selection and concentration strategy centered on 10,000 GPUs for a single team. Amid concern that South Korea could become dependent on foreign AI, the government said it will use the budget to secure an independent sovereign AI model and recruit top domestic AI talent to strengthen the country's AI competitiveness.