SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co.’s envisioned artificial intelligence (AI) assistant service for global users will likely feature connections to popular online applications, such as Google Calendar, sources said Thursday. The AI assistant, named aster, is expected to help users create to-do lists and make reservations for transportation and accommodations based on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Generative AI is becoming a crucial growth engine in the gaming industry, significantly reducing development time for major game companies, according to a new industry analysis. The KDB Future Strategy Research Institute’s Industrial Technology Research Center reported on January 29 that gaming companies are actively implementing AI-based development tools and leveraging [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has decided to secure management rights to a California-based artificial intelligence (AI) robotics startup as part of its push to expand its robotics business. At its board of directors meeting, LG Electronics decided to increase its stake in Bear Robotics to 51 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will work to open a national artificial intelligence (AI) computing center by 2027 as part of efforts to strengthen its competitiveness in the fast-evolving technology, the science ministry said Wednesday. The government will create the AI center with a computing capacity of 1 exaflops through a joint [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean manufacturers of power equipment and electrical cables are strengthening their foothold in the United States as demand surges for grid infrastructure upgrades, driven by artificial intelligence and data center expansion. HD Hyundai Electric announced on January 20 its plans to invest 185 billion won to construct a second manufacturing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In a move to penetrate South Korea’s tightly controlled smartphone market, Xiaomi is looking to establish its first physical store in Seoul, potentially disrupting the long-standing dominance of Samsung and Apple. The Chinese tech giant, which recently established a Korean subsidiary, launched its first product, the Xiaomi 14T, on January [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giants Samsung and LG are intensifying their push into artificial intelligence, developing proprietary AI models to boost productivity and streamline operations across their businesses. LG AI Research unveiled its latest AI model, EXAONE 3.5, in December and launched ChatEXAONE, an enterprise AI assistant available to employees within [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major terrestrial broadcasters—KBS, MBC, and SBS—have filed a lawsuit against tech giant Naver for unauthorized use of their news articles in training its generative artificial intelligence models, HyperCLOVA and HyperCLOVA X. This marks the first legal action by South Korean media outlets against a big tech [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s K-beauty industry showcased cutting-edge innovations at CES 2025, held January 7-10, reinforcing its commitment to integrating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) into the beauty sector. Industry experts predict that this trend will drive even greater participation from beauty companies at future tech exhibitions. Amorepacific Group [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s major telecommunications company, said Monday it has launched an artificial intelligence cloud service based on Nvidia Corp.’s graphic processing unit (GPU) in cooperation with U.S. cloud computing firm Lambda. The newly launched GPU-as-a-service (GPUaaS) is based on Nvidia’s H100 chip, currently the most advanced [...]