SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — With the emergence of a new era where artificial intelligence (AI) services are capable of both writing and creating illustrations, AI technology is becoming a prominent issue in the webtoon industry. A new comic series released on Naver Webtoon, South Korea’s leading webtoon platform, is suspected to have been [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of new artificial intelligence (AI) services that enable readers to better enjoy webtoons are being released. Naver Webtoon, South Korea’s leading webtoon platform, recently launched a beta service called Toon Filter on its app. It transforms uploaded photos into artworks created by popular web comic artists. The [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Upstage, a South Korean startup, on Tuesday unveiled its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for businesses that provide automated document processing and individually-tailored search services. The Document AI Pack is Upstage’s flagship no-code program based on the optical character recognition (OCR) technology that converts scanned documents into editable and sharable [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse Hybe on Monday unveiled its first artificial intelligence (AI) project Midnatt, which sings a song in multiple languages and switches between female and male voices using generative voice technology. Midnatt, an alter ego of ballad singer Lee Hyun, dropped the new digital single “Masquerade” in six languages: [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s No. 1 wireless carrier, plans to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based food tech by integrating its technology into the complete process of production, processing, logistics, and sales for agricultural and livestock products. The mobile carrier said Wednesday it has signed a business agreement with food [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Pharmaceutical and biotech companies in South Korea are teaming up to develop new drugs using artificial intelligence (AI). During the drug development process, AI can predict whether a chemical compound is suitable for human use, thereby speeding up the identification of potential substances and enabling the selection of appropriate [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage said Monday it has added a new function to its chatbot AskUp, which analyzes and records nutritional information when users upload food photos. This was made possible through a contract signed between Upstage and the local healthcare startup Doing Lab to implement [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean researchers have made significant strides in video artificial intelligence (AI) technology, specifically in the area of sound-to-image conversion. A research team led by Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) professor Oh Tae-hyun has developed a technology called Sound2scene, which can convert sound information into corresponding images. The [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have high concerns about the potential negative exploitation of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots like ChatGPT, despite finding them convenient, a survey showed Thursday. The Korea Press Foundation surveyed 1,000 Korean adults, finding that among those who had tried ChatGPT, 89.6 percent said it was convenient and 87.2 [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology has brought a paradigm shift in the IT industry, making it inevitable for the government to readjust its AI policy. The data labeling project in the Digital New Deal initiative is a representative example of this shift, which is part of the Korean New [...]