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'AI textbooks' are coming to Korea. But is the country ready for them?

The Korean government plans to introduce AI textbooks in schools from 2025, offering personalized learning, but concerns arise over effectiveness, teacher workload, and student readiness for the technology.

2024-12-30

Design Korea 2024 opens at Coex with a focus on AI

Design Korea 2024, running at Coex from Wednesday to Sunday, highlights AI's impact on daily life and promotes networking among various design companies.

2024-11-13

Korean companies pledge to invest 65 trillion won in AI at presidential committee's inaugural meeting

Korean companies pledged to invest some 65 trillion won ($48.9 billion) in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2027 as President Yoon Suk Yeol convened the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on AI in Seoul on Thursday.

2024-09-26

Just curiosity. What else do you need? (KOR)

The message contained in Allen Shields’ dry answer is clear: Curiosity is the only answer.

2024-04-26

Just curiosity. What else do you need?

The message contained in Allen Shields’ dry answer is clear: Curiosity is the only answer.

2024-04-25

Deepfake content a new reality of investment scams

Victims in Korea and around the world are losing their savings to scams that attract investments using videos with AI renderings of famous people.

2024-02-24

Drug offender caught using ChatGPT to forge petition in court

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted a person surnamed Kim, 32, for illegally creating and forging documents after he submitted to prosecutors a fake petition written by ChatGPT.

2024-02-16

AI chatbots leave Korean consumers angry and frustrated

Touted by service workers as a revolutionary tool, the early stages introduction of generative AI services as frontline customer service providers has led to Korean customers expressing disdain for the already divisive technology.

2024-02-04

AI-generated images spark uproar over Korean gender stereotypes and grievances

Online controversy is brewing over a set of AI-generated viral images that some internet users argue reinforce gender stereotypes about young Korean men and women.

2024-01-18

[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