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SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence lab under LG Group, unveiled the second generation of its giant, multimodal AI model Wednesday, accelerating its efforts to become a force to be reckoned with in the increasingly competitive global AI race. The EXAONE 2.0 operates faster and more efficiently and saves [...]
POHANG, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology has announced the development of new technology that can enhance vessel fuel efficiency and reduce underwater frictional resistance by utilizing the mucus properties found in marine animals. The team drew inspiration from the mucus gland structure of marine animals [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday released a “modular plant kit” for its indoor gardening appliance, the LG tiiun. Users can plant seeds in the LG tiiun mini and transfer them to a separate pot once they reach full growth. The kit includes five holes where two seed kit modules [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a major electronics components maker, said Sunday it will commence mass production of power inductors specifically designed for cameras in self-driving and electric vehicles. A power inductor is a component necessary to supply stable electricity coming from the battery to the semiconductor. The company’s developed power [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The top court finalized a three-year prison term for a former head of a mid-size technology firm Thursday for leaking Samsung Display Co.’s edge panel technology to Chinese companies in 2018. The edge panel technology, also known as 3D lamination technology, is used for making curved screen edges for [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Google has seen great potential for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in South Korea, as it has chosen Korean as its priority service language besides English for its AI-based chatbot, Bard, a senior company official said Thursday. “With Bard launched in Korean in 2023, this is one [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will introduce a new feature for its Bespoke Oven, capable of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) vision recognition technology to identify various types of food through a camera. The internal cameras of View Camera Bespoke Ovens will receive a software update, enabling them to [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will roll out the world’s first wireless OLED TV, starting in South Korea. LG unveiled the 97-inch LG Signature OLED M during the CES 2023 in Las Vegas in January, which instantly grabbed attention for its hassle-free slick design that removed all cords [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Users of KakaoTalk, South Korea’s most popular mobile messenger, picked Munyongi as this year’s rising emoticon star. The selection followed a two-week vote that began on June 19, according to Kakao Corp., the operator of the messaging app. Each user was able to vote once per day. A total [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Visual storytelling skills are essential to become a professional webtoon artist, but advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology is now capable of creating images and text, and challenging the industry in a fundamental way. Webtoons, a type of digital comics read on smartphones, tablets and PCs, have emerged as a [...]