SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean workers have reduced their work hours by 17.8 percent with the help of generative AI platforms, a poll showed Wednesday, with more than half of them using such tools in their daily work. According to a poll of 3,000 wage workers aged 20 and older conducted by [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Thursday formally enacted a far-reaching law governing the use of artificial intelligence, positioning itself as the first country to introduce a comprehensive legal framework aimed at curbing misinformation, deepfakes and other emerging risks tied to the technology. The legislation, known as the AI Basic Act, establishes national [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Bank of Korea on Wednesday introduced an in-house artificial intelligence system developed in partnership with Naver, the country’s largest internet company, as the central bank moves to strengthen its research capacity and safeguard control over sensitive financial data. The system, known as BOKI — short for Bank of Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean workers say the rapid spread of artificial intelligence is likely to widen labor-market inequality and deepen wealth polarization, according to a new nationwide survey. The poll, conducted in October 2025 by research firm Global Research on behalf of the labor advocacy group Workplace Abuse [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s effort to crown a homegrown national artificial intelligence model was thrown into turmoil this week after the government abruptly revised the rules of its flagship AI competition, a move that has unsettled the country’s technology sector and raised questions about fairness and transparency. The Ministry of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it will invest heavily in a new advanced semiconductor packaging plant in central South Korea as it moves to strengthen its position in the fast-growing market for high-bandwidth memory, a critical component in artificial intelligence computing. The company plans to spend 19 trillion won ($12.9 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Applications to artificial intelligence–related majors surged in South Korea’s 2026 regular university admissions cycle, underscoring the growing perception of AI as a gateway to future employment and industrial relevance. According to an analysis released Monday by Jongro Academy, the number of applicants to AI-related departments at 20 leading universities rose [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ambitious push to develop a homegrown artificial intelligence foundation model has become mired in controversy even before its first round of selections is announced, exposing deep divisions within the country’s AI industry over what truly constitutes technological independence. The government-led “Sovereign AI Foundation Model” project, launched to reduce [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG AI Research on Sunday unveiled K-Exaone, a homegrown artificial intelligence foundation model that has placed South Korea among the world’s top-tier AI developers, according to global benchmark results and independent evaluations. The model ranked seventh worldwide on the Intelligence Index compiled by Artificial Analysis, a global AI performance evaluator, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Group said Friday it has started mass production of an on-device artificial intelligence (AI) chip that enables robots to operate autonomously without external network connectivity. The announcement of the chip, named Edge Brain, was made at CES 2026 in Las Vegas on Thursday (local time), where the [...]