[7/18 09:00] South Korea strengthens investigations into AI and semiconductor tech leaks / Valar Atomics in talks to raise $1 billion at $6 billion valuation

AI News Flash for July 18, 2026 at 09:00 UTC. Topics: 1. South Korea strengthens investigations into AI and semiconductor tech leaks https://dig.watch/updates/south-korea-investigations-ai-semiconductor-leaks 2. Valar Atomics in talks to raise $1 billion at $6 billion valuation https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/nuclear-startup-valar-atomics-in-talks-to-raise-new-funding-at-6b-valuation/ 3. Agility Robotics opens training facility in Tesla's backyard https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/17/agility-robotics-plants-its-flag-in-teslas-backyard/ 4. Google Cloud publishes Always-On Memory Agent that replaces RAG https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/18/google-clouds-always-on-memory-agent-replaces-rag-and-embeddings-with-continuous-llm-consolidation-on-gemini-3-1-flash-lite/