SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Only around 5 percent of South Korean companies make use of “big data” in their businesses, far lower than 29 percent of global firms, recent surveys showed. Among local firms with 100 employees or more, 4.3 percent were using big data, which is large volumes of instant digital data, [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday it will allocate 100 billion won (US$87.2 million) to develop supercomputers, amid the rising awareness of the segment after Google Inc.’s AlphaGo posted a historical win against mankind in a board game last month. The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning said it will invest [...]
The Korean government has announced plans to develop original technology to realize law or tax consultations and even simultaneous interpretation through artificial intelligence (AI). (Image : Shutterstock) SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has announced plans to develop original technology to realize law or tax consultations and even simultaneous interpretation through artificial [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – There was no mercy from the machine. Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat South Korean Go champ Lee Se-dol in their final Go match on Tuesday, taking the five-round Go tournament with a score of 4-1. At the fifth man-versus-computer showdown in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – After proving that the human-like algorithm is not invincible, South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol said Sunday he is very happy and described his victory as “priceless.” “It’s my first time getting this kind of congratulations from people by just winning a single game,” Lee said after the match. At [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo defeated South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol for the second straight time in the ancient board game Thursday, proving that its earlier victory wasn’t a coincidence. In their second showdown at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol admitted to feeling “surprised” after losing the first match of the five-game showdown against computer on Wednesday. “I didn’t think I’d lose, and I was quite surprised,” Lee told a press conference in Seoul after succumbing to Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaGo. Lee [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – All eyes are on the Go battle of the century, the showdown of man versus artificial intelligence. With the world watching on in awe, AlphaGo turned in a much better performance than expected, and won the first match of the five-match series. However, amidst news of the victory, new [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era when the climate is so unpredictable, a system that can simulate the effects of abnormal weather patterns 50 or even 100 years in the future has been established. The Ministry of Environment and the Climate Change Adoption System (CCAS) at the Korea Environment Institute established an [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a movie premise but actually realizable technology, it has been pointed out that Korean companies need to buckle down as they are lagging behind global IT giants. According to a report issued by the Institute for Information and Communications [...]