SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean tech giants, including Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics, are ready to boast their latest technologies in the field of artificial intelligence and displays at the upcoming U.S. consumer electronics show, industry watchers said Sunday. The annual four-day Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will kick off in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol plays his retirement match later Wednesday against an artificial intelligence (AI) program, an amateur player will be behind the computer to place stones. Lee, who famously defeated AlphaGo of Google’s DeepMind in 2016, will be up against HanDol, a program developed by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is aiming to stay ahead of rivals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 to bolster its economy and improve the living standards of its citizens, the science ministry said Tuesday. Under the national strategy, the country plans to leverage its prowess in memory chips [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) said Thursday it will unveil the key artificial intelligence (AI) technology VoVNet (Variety of View Network), which is used to analyze visual images, as open source. VoVNet is a backbone network, a type of computer network that interconnects various pieces of technology [...]
POHANG, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphones can now be used to monitor how a fish grows inside a fish farm. The Pohang University of Science and Technology announced on Wednesday that the Gyeongbuk Sea Grant Center, the university’s affiliate research institution, has developed a wireless underwater camera system. Up until now, fish farm owners [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Genie Music, the music streaming subsidiary of telecommunications giant KT Corp., launched a new entertainment service that combines the 5G-powered virtual reality technology with K-pop on Tuesday. Announcing the launch of the new service, Virtual Play (VP), Genie Music began Tuesday presales of the first VP product featuring soaring [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., a major telecommunication company in South Korea, said Monday it has joined hands with the country’s statistics agency to offer a mobile big data-based population mapping service. The service combines mobile data collected by SKT’s base stations nationwide and Statistics Korea’s data on population and households, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecommunication service provider, on Thursday said it has agreed with China Mobile Communication Corp. to boost cooperation on 5G roaming services and a blockchain system. Using China Mobile’s network, KT said its 5G roaming services in China will be available later this month. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp. said Monday its hotel service robot, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) and other cutting-edge technologies, made its official debut in a Seoul hotel. The AI hotel robot, dubbed N bot, started its official service at Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun Hotels & Residences, to serve guests in about [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, navigation services will notify drivers of icy roads. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety will soon begin testing the new voice warning system jointly with three private navigation service providers until February 29 of next year. Major navigation firms including Tmap operator SK Telecom, KakaoNavi [...]