SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are entering the competitive field of AI reasoning models, following the global excitement sparked by DeepSeek’s breakthrough R1 model. Upstage, a South Korean AI startup, plans to release its reasoning-focused AI model in the latter half of 2025, according to industry sources. This follows LG AI Research’s March [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary schools in South Korea are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) digital textbooks at higher rates compared to middle and high schools, according to new data. Education authorities plan to inform provincial education offices and schools about additional application methods for the second semester this week, aiming to increase AI textbook usage [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will showcase its latest home appliances driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and unveil its vision for hyper-personalized smart living next week, industry sources said Thursday. At the “Welcome to Bespoke AI” event scheduled for Wednesday, Samsung Electronics will introduce Home AI, an advanced ecosystem that integrates [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will promote its artificial intelligence (AI) and future mobility solutions at a Japanese exhibition set to open next month, a trade promotion agency said Tuesday. Expo 2025 Osaka is scheduled to open April 13 on Yumeshima, an artificial island on Osaka Bay, and run for six months [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) lab under South Korea’s LG Group, said Tuesday it has unveiled its new inference AI model, EXAONE Deep, as part of its push for agentic AI. EXAONE Deep was unveiled at the GTC 2025 hosted by AI chip giant Nvidia Corp. from [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A pilot program implementing artificial intelligence monitoring on LG Electronics’ employee shuttle buses has led to significant improvements in driver safety, according to findings released today by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority. The three-month trial, conducted from September to November last year on 14 long-distance shuttle buses serving LG Electronics’ Changwon [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has announced plans to significantly increase research and development funding for age tech services, which currently accounts for just 1% of total R&D spending, as part of its strategy to address the challenges of an aging society. The Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Networks Co., an information technology (IT) solutions unit under SK Group, said Tuesday it has partnered with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) business portfolio. As a first step, Qualcomm will provide SK Networks with its high-performance Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, including Qualcomm Dragonwing [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025, LG Uplus announced a partnership with Google’s Gemini AI, marking the final piece of South Korea’s major telecom companies unveiling their strategic AI alliances. With this move, SK Telecom has aligned with Anthropic and Perplexity, KT has partnered with Microsoft, and LG Uplus [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading South Korean electronics component manufacturers are bouncing back from the global IT slowdown by focusing on high-value products driven by artificial intelligence (AI) technology. LG Innotek and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, which achieved record sales last year despite profitability challenges, are now poised for a significant turnaround. According to market consensus [...]