SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bold move to bolster its artificial intelligence industry, the South Korean government has announced plans to release a wide range of personal data to businesses, researchers, and the public this year. The data, which will undergo pseudonymization, includes sensitive information such as college entrance exam scores, medical records, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Ministry of National Defense announced on July 3 the launch of a specialized generative artificial intelligence (AI) service for defense operations, accessible through its internal network. Similar to ChatGPT, the popular AI service developed by OpenAI, this new platform allows users to engage in chat-based interactions to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model to determine appropriate treatment periods for workers injured on the job, marking a significant shift in the management of industrial accident claims. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety, in collaboration with the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Department Store announced on July 1 that it is introducing an AI-powered advertising designer called OneStep in collaboration with GiantStep, a company specializing in real-time content and generative AI solutions. OneStep is a program that generates advertising images based on user-input event descriptions. For instance, when a user enters [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Group, South Korea’s chip-to-construction conglomerate, said Sunday it will secure 80 trillion won (US$58 billion) by 2026 for investments, mainly in artificial intelligence and semiconductors. Some 20 chief executives of the group’s major affiliates gathered at its research center in Icheon, 58 kilometers southeast of Seoul, from Friday [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced on June 25 that it will add four more languages to its Galaxy AI service, which includes interpretation capabilities, by the end of this year. The on-device real-time interpretation and translation function of Galaxy AI currently supports 16 languages, including Korean, Chinese, English, French, and Japanese. The [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to unveil new Galaxy series smartphones with artificial intelligence (AI) features next month. The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 will take place in Paris on July 10 (local time), just about two weeks before the opening of the Paris Summer Olympics, Samsung said Wednesday. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has completed building infrastructure to produce faster and more efficient chips for artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The infrastructure for so-called compute express link (CXL) technology was built at Samsung Memory Research Center in Hwaseong, about 45 kilometers south of Seoul, the company said [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In a innovative approach to environmental education, 50 schools across Seoul are set to receive AI-powered recycling robots this September, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on June 22. The robot, named “Nephron,” uses artificial intelligence to determine whether items are recyclable. When students insert a transparent plastic bottle [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – As the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (A.I.) drives a surge in power consumption within data centers, the development of digital technologies poses a dilemma for a sustainable future. Amid this challenge, so-called “climate tech” has garnered attention as a promising solution. Climate tech refers to digital technology innovations, such [...]