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SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Women’s rights groups and university human rights clubs gathered in Seoul’s Gangnam Station area on August 29 to denounce the recent surge in ‘deepfake’ sex crimes and demand prompt action from authorities. The Seoul Women’s Association and other organizations held a press conference near Exit 10 of Gangnam Station, urging [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics reported on August 29 that half of the customers purchasing the company’s AI Package products, which consist of two or more artificial intelligence-enabled home appliances, are in their 20s and 30s. This insight comes from an analysis of cumulative sales figures for AI packages from January to July [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has developed the world’s first 16 gigabyte DDR5 chip using the sixth generation of the 10 nanometer chipmaking technology. According to SK hynix, the new product comes with an improvement in cost competitiveness when compared with the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced on August 28 that it will showcase an artificial intelligence-enhanced version of its Samsung Food Service at IFA 2024, Europe’s largest consumer electronics and IT exhibition, scheduled for September 6-10 in Berlin, Germany. Samsung Food, initially introduced at IFA 2023, is a mobile app service that functions [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – As deepfake-related crimes capture headlines and artificial intelligence continues its rapid incursion into daily life, the call for robust AI ethics education is growing louder. Yet, in the corporate world, the actual adoption of AI technology remains surprisingly modest. A recent survey by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of deepfake crime victims in South Korea reported to the state-funded Advocacy Center for Online Sexual Abuse Victims (ACOSAV) since its establishment six years ago has topped 2,000, the center said Wednesday. This year alone, 781 deepfake crime victims sought help from the ACOSAV until last Sunday, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Three out of 10 deepfake victims who sought help from a state agency tackling digital sex crimes were minors, officials said Wednesday, underlining the seriousness of such crimes. A total of 781 deepfake victims asked for help from the Advocacy Center for Online Sexual Abuse Victims between Jan. 1 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that 8 out of 10 South Korean Generation Z workers (ages 18-27) turn to artificial intelligence (AI) first when facing challenges at work, a rate significantly higher than their counterparts in Western countries. Samsung Electronics recently released a report examining the perspectives of Gen Z [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics’ 10-year commitment to information technology (IT) education in Ethiopia is showing significant results, highlighting the power of corporate social responsibility in driving economic development. On August 24, the capital city of Addis Ababa hosted the graduation ceremony for the Ethiopia LG-KOICA Hope TVET College and celebrated the school’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is set to launch two new premium home cinema projectors on September 1, expanding its high-end home entertainment offerings. The company announced on August 27 that the 2024 models of its The Premiere series – The Premiere 9 and The Premiere 7 – can project screens of up [...]