Krafton与首尔大学启动为期三年的游戏/机器人世界模型AI联合研究，属产学研人才合作

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[Key Issue Briefing]
■ Game-university AI industry-academia cooperation accelerates: Krafton has joined hands with Seoul National University's artificial intelligence program to begin research on world model AI for games and robotics over the next three years. The two sides will jointly run a student internship program at their joint research center, which is expected to open hands-on opportunities for job seekers in the field.
■ Structural surge in demand for cybersecurity talent: Demand for information security personnel soared 88% in the first half of this year from a year earlier, pushing the competition for talent to a record high. With AI-assisted hacking on the rise and the range of data companies must manage expanding, demand for dedicated security staff is expected to continue structurally through next year.
■ Chinese Big Tech overheats AI talent race: Luo Fuli, formerly of DeepSeek, rose to vice president level at Xiaomi just 10 months after joining, marking a new phase in the speed of China's AI talent market. Chinese Big Tech firms, wielding rapid promotions and pay packages worth tens of billions of won, are widening the ripple effects of their talent competition across the global AI labor market.
[News of Interest to University Students and Job Seekers]
1. Krafton and Seoul National University Begin Joint Research on AI World Models
Key summary: Krafton held a launch ceremony for joint research with Seoul National University's interdisciplinary graduate program in artificial intelligence, beginning development of world model AI for games and robotics over the next three years. The research team will take on three tasks, including technology that allows AI to maintain consistency of space and objects across long video sequences and technology that produces natural movement from game motion data. The two sides plan to run performance exchange sessions and a student internship program centered on the joint research center, while also seeking new research projects. As physical AI research based on game simulation spreads, new industry-academia internship opportunities are expected to open for science and engineering job seekers in the field.
2. Demand for Security Staff Jumps 88% in First Half
Key summary: Demand for information security personnel jumped 88% in the first half of this year from a year earlier, approaching double the level. Every hiring channel rose more than 80%, including scouting offers (96%), headhunting (87%) and job postings (82%), while demand from small and medium-sized enterprises (175%) and startups (156%) surged more than 2.5-fold. In Cisco's 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, 97% of Korean companies reported a shortage of skilled security personnel, and 34% of respondents said security positions remained unfilled. Demand for integrated security talent covering cloud and AI environments is expected to expand through next year.
3. Luo Fuli Promoted to Vice President 10 Months After Joining Xiaomi
Key summary: Luo Fuli, 31, an early core member of DeepSeek, was promoted to top executive level (Grade 22, vice president) just 10 months after joining Xiaomi, the fastest such record in the company's history. Recruited by Chairman Lei Jun on annual pay of 10 million yuan (about 2 billion won), Luo led the development of Xiaomi's in-house AI model MiMo, whose V2.6 version ranked first in a composite intelligence index for open-weight models. Tencent offered up to 100 million yuan (about 20 billion won) to Yao Shunyu, formerly of OpenAI, while ByteDance has launched its Top Seed program to recruit 30 of the world's top-tier doctorate holders. Analysts say the talent race, which has evolved beyond large pay packages to rapid promotions and the granting of decision-making authority, is shaking the global AI labor market.
[Reference News for University Students and Job Seekers]
4. Government to Ease Hiring Rules at National University Hospitals in First Half of Next Year
Key summary: The government will push, by the first half of next year, to remove regional national university hospitals from their designation as "other public institutions" under the Act on the Management of Public Institutions — a status that subjects them to government controls on headcount and payroll — thereby easing hiring and labor cost rules. The move follows findings of severe chronic staffing shortages, with physician staffing rates of 77.5% at Pusan National University Hospital and 64.5% at Kangwon National University Hospital. The government will temporarily allocate budget to subsidize labor costs for newly hired specialists and existing essential medical staff, and left open the possibility of expanding long-term support depending on results. If the easing of rules materializes, new hiring at regional national university hospitals is expected to expand in earnest, particularly for job seekers in medical fields.
5. Hacker's Identity Exposed While Writing Resume With AI
Key summary: A hacker who attacked South Korea's financial sector exposed their own identifying information, including name initials, a Telegram account and place of residence, by asking the AI coding tool Claude Code to write a resume, according to a report by security firm CrowdStrike. The attacker used an intrusion tool equipped with a lightweight DeepSeek AI model and built a dual structure that cross-used nine proxy IP addresses to hinder tracking. The same Telegram account was also found in investigations of vulnerabilities at an NFT trading platform and in attacks on a Chinese payment platform, raising the possibility of serial offenses. Police are tracing the hacking route backward through international cooperation, and the case is drawing attention as a reminder of the importance of security awareness when using AI tools.
6. Land Minister Vows to Deliver Mass Housing Supply in Greater Seoul
Key summary: Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Hong Ji-sun declared mass housing supply in the greater Seoul area her top priority, saying she would cut the time needed to build third-phase new towns to 37 months from the current 68 months. She presented plans to restart stalled permitted projects through LH's commitments to buy unsold homes and purchase agreements for newly built housing, and to actively make use of troubled project financing sites. The ministry also set a goal of raising the stock ratio of public long-term rental housing for young adults, newlyweds and middle-income households to 10% by 2030 from 8.4% as of 2024. If the expansion of public long-term rental housing supply takes shape, housing cost burdens are expected to ease somewhat for job seekers and early-career workers preparing to settle in the greater Seoul area.
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