SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Internet service provider SK Broadband announced on Tuesday its intention to enhance program competitiveness by integrating AI technology into its local channel news. SK Broadband plans to broadcast by creating an AI version of journalist Shim Jae-ho, who is nearing retirement after more than 30 years as a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, South Korea’s largest emoji marketplace, has decided to maintain its policy of prohibiting AI-generated emojis from being incorporated into KakaoTalk. This decision comes after discussions with various industry stakeholders, who expressed concerns that AI-generated emojis could potentially disrupt the existing ecosystem of human creators and may pose challenges in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major telecom operator in South Korea, said Monday it has reached a deal with a Singaporean postal service firm to join hands in developing a new business model for digital logistics. Under the memorandum of understanding, KT and Singapore Post, or SingPost, will pilot a digital [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system designed to identify mosquitoes that carry infectious diseases. The AI-based Automatic Mosquito Classification Monitoring System (AI-DMS) is scheduled for a pilot launch in selected local administrations beginning next month. It utilizes specialized equipment [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. on Thursday unveiled an upgraded version of its hyperscale artificial intelligence model HyperCLOVA X and its conversational chatbot service tailored for the Korean language. It is Naver’s weapon of choice to win the ongoing global battle for linguistic AI that has intensified since [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday it will unveil a strategy involving the integration of its large language model (LLM) with models from its partner companies. The company aims to offer industry-specific LLMs that enable the unique features and advantages of LLMs to be realized [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co. said Sunday it will expand the diagnostic capabilities of X Caliber, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution for analyzing X-rays in pets. X Caliber has proven effective in identifying seven musculoskeletal disorders, ten thoracic diseases, and cases of cardiomegaly. The company’s upcoming plans involve incorporating the sixteen [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it has utilized artificial intelligence (AI) technology to generate vivid videos of prominent independence activists, whose images have remained blurry in photographs. The video media art showcases historical figures such as Ahn Jung-geun and Yu Gwan-sun, all produced using [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Thursday it has imposed a fine of 3.6 million won (US$2,829) on OpenAI, the operator of the generative chatbot ChatGPT, for exposing the personal information of 687 South Korean users. A now-patched bug in an open-source library on ChatGPT created a caching [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. said Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with car-sharing and mobility service provider SOCAR Inc. to foster mutual cooperation for mobility service innovation using its hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) platform, HyperCLOVA X. According to the terms of the MOU, [...]