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[AI IN ACTION] Automated job interviews and self-driving cars: Inside Korea’s everyday AI

The integration of AI into daily life is becoming more common in Korea, with tasks such as ordering food and conducting research now relying on robots and AI algorithms.

2023-10-23

Global AI Project exposes participants to latest tech

Dozens of future data scientists from different parts of Korea gathered in Sangam-dong, western Seoul on Sunday to show an array of ideas using artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technologies.

2022-12-11

Is art art if there's no artist?

The debate about artwork and artificial intelligence (AI) was rekindled recently after a painting by a computer won the top prize at an art exhibition in the United States last month. Those claiming that pieces by programs are "products" that...

2022-09-08

One trillion won committed to AI chip development

One trillion won ($778 million) of funding will be provided by the government for AI semiconductor research and development over the next five years, the Ministry of Science and ICT said.

2022-06-29

Korea bets tomorrow belongs to AI chip leaders

AI chips are the key to future semiconductor market dominance for Korea companies, academics and others argue.

2022-05-24

[NEWS IN FOCUS] Smart speakers are friends, not toys, to some Koreans

The first thing that 77-year-old Noh Jeong-woo does every morning when she wakes up at 5 a.m. is call out the word, “Aria.” Aria is the voice command for SK Telecom’s Nugu smart speaker, the Korean equivalent of Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa. “I ...

2022-05-08

[THINK ENGLISH] IT 대기업들, 인공지능 시장에 뛰어들다

Tech companies are rushing to get ahead in the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems with enhanced efficiency. Despite critics suggesting the world has entered an AI winter, with McDonald's selling its Dynamic Yield AI subsidiary...

2022-03-02

Kakao Brain says new AI systems don't need any human help

Kakao's artificial intelligence (AI) research subsidiary Kakao Brain says its new large-scale AI models can understand the context and meaning of sentences without the need for human assistance, an advancement from prior AI models that could not ...

2021-12-20

KT's partnership with KAIST is kicked off

KT will establish a joint artificial intelligence (AI) research center with KAIST in Daejeon, officially kicking off its partnership with the university on Tuesday. Last May, KT and Kaist signed an agreement to jointly start research and ...

2021-12-14

How to win a job and influence a computer

Human resources managers at LG U+ were surprised with the results of the company’s open recruitment last year. Candidates who scored well when being judged by a computer also did well in face-to-face interviews with executives.

2021-03-17