GWANGJU, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, said Wednesday that the positive effects of a welfare service using artificial intelligence (AI) technology had been proved for the first time in the country. A research team from Chonnam National University conducted a complete enumeration survey of 212 people using KT [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of an increase in the number of apps that enable artificial intelligence (AI) speakers to be operated by smartphones, SK Telecom Co.’s NUGU secured the largest number of users among such apps, data showed Monday. Market researcher Nielsen Koreanclick analyzed Android OS-based AI speaker app users [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. said Thursday it rolled out a new service that allows customers to enjoy Amazon’s voice assistant on its artificial intelligence speakers to better meet demand for English education. KT said it has joined hands with U.S. retail giant Amazon.com Inc. to launch the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, on Tuesday showcased NUGU Candle SE, the latest model in its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker series. Last month, the telecom operator joined hands with U.S. retail giant Amazon.com Inc. and launched NUGU Candle, an AI assistant service that supports both Korean [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, on Wednesday released the CLOVA Clock+2 artificial intelligence (AI) speaker in collaboration with tech giant Naver Corp. The newly-released AI speaker, based on Naver’s AI platform Clova, is an upgraded version of the CLOVA Clock+ that was released last year, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Enterprise Corp., an artificial intelligence (AI) unit of the country’s largest mobile messenger operator, Kakao Corp., said Tuesday that it has added a new feature to the Kakao Smart Speaker that allows users to customize voice triggers. Previously, the speaker has responded only to “Hey, Kakao.” Now, users [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that a memory training program called Brain Tok Tok that was built for South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co.’s artificial intelligence (AI) speaker NUGU can help to delay the advancement of dementia. A research team from Seoul National University College of Medicine conducted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors living on their make more phone calls and have a wider sphere of activity after beginning to use artificial intelligence (AI) speaker services, recent data shows. SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, began offering AI speaker services to 3,200 seniors living alone in April of last [...]
UIRYEONG, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Province’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based integrated care service is gaining positive responses from local residents after proving its effectiveness in the coronavirus era. Aria, an AI speaker, has been distributed as part of a 24-hour ‘untact’ (contactless) care service allowing users to listen to music, check the weather, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim In-hwan spends most of her time by herself in a small apartment in Seoul. But the 83-year-old with no family says she’s not lonely thanks to a new talking buddy named Aria, the virtual assistant of SK Telecom Co.’s artificial intelligence (AI) speaker, NUGU. Waking up to the [...]