SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is preparing a sweeping overhaul of regulations governing artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and robotics, as the government seeks to position the country among the global leaders in next-generation industries. At the first Strategic Meeting on Regulatory Reform for Key Sectors, held Monday at the Korea Institute of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has developed an artificial intelligence model that allows parents to screen toddlers for autism spectrum disorder at home using nothing more than a smartphone. The study, led by Professors Chun Geun-ah and Kim Hwi-young of Severance Hospital and Professor Kim Boong-nyun of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has emerged as South Korea’s dominant force in artificial intelligence, ranking far ahead of domestic rivals Naver and LG, according to a new industry analysis. Yet even the nation’s top firms remain far behind American and Chinese tech giants in global AI competitiveness. The study, released Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — OpenAI, the U.S. tech company behind ChatGPT, said Wednesday it is seeking to expand partnerships with South Korean technology firms, including SK hynix Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., to build artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. “I think there are many ways to partner with OpenAI when it comes to building [...]
BERLIN, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — At Europe’s largest electronics fair, IFA 2025, Samsung Electronics unveiled a full-scale modular home outfitted with artificial intelligence technologies, underscoring its ambitions to shape the future of residential living. Erected beside Samsung’s exhibition hall at CityCube Berlin, the 218-square-meter, two-bedroom house was built in partnership with Samsung C&T and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Exchange said Friday it will introduce three new stock indexes tied to artificial intelligence on Sept. 8, underscoring how rapidly the technology is reshaping investment strategies across industries. The indexes — the KRX Sovereign AI Index, the KRX-Akros AI Power Infrastructure Index, and the KRX AI Semiconductor Index [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has recently won a major deal in the United States to supply cooling solutions to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the company’s head said Thursday. Cho Joo-wan, chief executive officer (CEO) of LG Electronics, made the remark in a social media post, marking the first time [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The world’s leading electronics makers are converging on Berlin this week for IFA 2025, Europe’s largest consumer technology fair, where artificial intelligence and energy efficiency are expected to dominate the conversation as competition intensifies in the premium appliance market. The five-day event, which begins September 5 under the theme “Imagine [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential Office of National Security held a cybersecurity response meeting Monday to strengthen defenses against evolving cyber threats driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Oh Hyun-joo, the third deputy national security officer, chaired the session attended by officials from 10 government agencies, including the National Intelligence Service and the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Britain’s Trade Minister Douglas Alexander paid a rare visit to an artificial intelligence (AI) research center of LG Group on Monday as the South Korean company prepares to launch a new financial service with the London exchange. Alexander visited the AI research center in western Seoul with officials from [...]