SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – AlphaGo may have beat Lee Sedol, but that hasn’t discouraged Koreans. A private AI research institute called the Intelligence Information Technology Institute is expected to open by the end of the year. The Software Policy & Research Institute (SPRi), which is leading the effort, held a press conference Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Key artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will be commercialized within the next decade mainly in the health, mobile payment, green energy and social learning sectors, a government panel here said Wednesday. AI-based services are expected to be born in earnest around in 2020 to offer cheaper health, legal and financial [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Mobile GS Shop, a Korean retail giant, announced on April 20 that computer software used to automatically recommend products has recently won an online competition against one of the retailer’s merchandisers. Of the more than 30,000 customers participating in the event, two-thirds of them favored the software. The promotion [...]
The Korean government has announced plans to develop original technology to realize law or tax consultations and even simultaneous interpretation through artificial intelligence (AI). (Image : Shutterstock) SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government has announced plans to develop original technology to realize law or tax consultations and even simultaneous interpretation through artificial [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In an era when artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced to a level so high that it can beat a human in a ‘Go’ match, it was revealed that men think even love can be replaced with AI, while women remain skeptical. Matchmaking agency Duo announced the results of a survey [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – There was no mercy from the machine. Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat South Korean Go champ Lee Se-dol in their final Go match on Tuesday, taking the five-round Go tournament with a score of 4-1. At the fifth man-versus-computer showdown in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – After witnessing the future of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) when pro Go player Lee Se-dol lost the first Go match to AlphaGo, robot-related stock prices are showing signs of ascent. DST Robot, a manufacturer listed on KOSDAQ, saw its share price rise to the limit of 6,520 won during [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Animals that have died or were euthanized because of foot and mouth disease or Avian Influenza (AI) can now be used in the manufacturing of fertilizer and feed. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced that it has renewed its notifications on the list of diseases for [...]
YESAN, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The first stork park in Korea, which will house 60 adult storks and 16 younglings, will open to the public on June 9 in Yesan County, Chungcheongnam-do. The stork park has a stork-associated cultural center, wetlands for birds, and nurturing centers on its 135,669㎡ site. The park was originally [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal-masked individuals cloaked in yellow sacks occupied streets near Hongdae Station in Seoul on March 1, campaigning for the conscious and moderate consumption of farmed animals. Activists from the Korea Association for Animal Protection (KAAP) dressed themselves in chicken and duck costumes and then covered themselves with sacks, in order [...]