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SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The finance ministry plans to block access to the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) service DeepSeek, a ministry official said Thursday, in the latest of Seoul’s restrictions on the use of the service among officials amid data collection concerns. “Due to multiple technical concerns raised about DeepSeek from home and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Leading South Korean companies and institutions are increasingly restricting the use of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence model, amid concerns over its excessive data collection practices. Kakao, which recently announced an official partnership with OpenAI, became the first major South Korean IT company to prohibit DeepSeek’s use for internal operations, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of robot-assisted gait training for patients recovering from spinal surgery, with participants showing an average 39% improvement in their ability to perform daily activities, researchers from Gangnam Severance Hospital announced on February 5. The research team, led by Park Jung-hyun of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean scientists have identified a molecular switch that could potentially transform cancer cells back into normal cells by capturing the critical transition moment when healthy cells become cancerous, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on February 5. The research team, led by Cho Kwang-hyun from the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will spend 208.8 billion won (US$143.7 million) this year on global technology cooperation projects as part of efforts to bolster the country’s technological competitiveness, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The amount marks a 25.9 percent increase from the corresponding tally for last year, according to the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok said Wednesday that DeepSeek has emerged as a “fresh shock,” forecasting that the latest artificial intelligence (AI) model from the Chinese startup could reshape the industrial landscape. “A Chinese company recently unveiled its AI model, DeepSeek R1, to deliver high performance at a low cost. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - A comprehensive evaluation of four tablet computers sold in South Korea has identified the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ as the leading value-for-money option, offering superior battery life and solid performance for its price point. The Korea Consumer Agency announced on February 4 that its testing revealed significant variations among [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - Korean scientists have achieved a breakthrough in measuring the structure of transition states, the fleeting intermediate phase of chemical reactions that exists for less than a femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second), KAIST announced on February 4. A research team led by professor Kim Sang Kyu from KAIST’s Department of [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are showcasing their latest commercial display technologies at ISE 2025, Europe’s largest display exhibition, held from February 4 to 7 in Barcelona. Samsung has set up a 1,728-square-meter exhibition space, featuring a massive 462-inch ‘The Wall’ media façade at the entrance. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp. on Tuesday announced partnership with OpenAI to use ChatGPT on its new artificial intelligence (AI) service, joining a global alliance led by the U.S. AI company amid intensifying competition in the global AI market. “I am happy to share our partnership with OpenAI [...]