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SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday it will unveil a strategy involving the integration of its large language model (LLM) with models from its partner companies. The company aims to offer industry-specific LLMs that enable the unique features and advantages of LLMs to be realized [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobility platforms are entering the middle-mile delivery sector, which involves business-to-business (B2B) logistics for transporting goods from factories to logistics warehouses or sales outlets via trucks. Kakao Mobility Corp. said Tuesday it will recruit pre-registered users through its application prior to the official launch of the Kakao [...]
SEOUL & VATICAN, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) —Massive billboards crafted by Samsung Electronics in South Korea are poised to grace St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, a revered Catholic sanctuary visited annually by millions of people. Replacing the existing Japanese Panasonic billboards, which have adorned the square for 16 years since their installation in 2007, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co. said Sunday it will expand the diagnostic capabilities of X Caliber, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based solution for analyzing X-rays in pets. X Caliber has proven effective in identifying seven musculoskeletal disorders, ten thoracic diseases, and cases of cardiomegaly. The company’s upcoming plans involve incorporating the sixteen [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean digital health care startup HoneyNaps Co. said Monday its artificial intelligence-based sleep sensing software, Somnum, has won approval for sale from U.S. drug authorities. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Section 510(k) clearance, or premarket notification, to Somnum, demonstrating that the medical device is safe [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Friday sided with NCsoft Corp., one of the country’s leading online game developers, over allegations that a smaller game company had plagiarized its leading game Lineage M. NCsoft Corp. filed the intellectual property suit against the video game developer Webzen in June 2021, claiming it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Google has invested a cumulative 118 billion won (US$87.9 million) to incubate nearly 500 South Korean startups and help them go abroad, a company official said Thursday. Google’s ChangGoo Program — launched in 2019 in cooperation with the Ministry of SMEs and Startups — is aimed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will showcase the LG Smart Cottage housing solution at IFA 2023, slated to take place in Berlin, Germany in early September. The Smart Cottage is a compact modular housing unit that seamlessly integrates LG’s energy and HVAC technology with high-end home appliances. A [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-made mobile games are facing challenges in the Chinese market following a recent attempt to expand. Smilegate Holdings Inc.’s “Epic Seven,” which entered the Chinese market last June, held the 67th position on the Apple Store’s sales chart in the second week of August, according to mobile app market [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will unveil a Universal UP Kit, aimed at enhancing the accessibility of home appliances, at IFA 2023 in Berlin, Germany, scheduled for Sept. 1. The Universal UP Kit serves as an accessory intended to aid customers in utilizing a variety of LG home [...]