AI Fund a ‘Fiscal Dam’, Says South Korea Budget Minister
THE SO WHAT
South Korea treating semiconductor-driven tax gains as a dedicated AI fund — a “fiscal dam” — shows governments are ring-fencing AI windfalls rather than letting them disappear into general budgets. If you build in AI or chips, track these national funds closely — they shape where incentives, subsidies, and regulatory leverage will concentrate.
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