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, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital said Wednesday it had provided Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, with medical information and advice concerning COVID-19 self-test and at-home treatment. On the basis of the information SNU Hospital offered, Kakao established a ‘COVID-19 self-test chatbot’ offered via [...]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) - Appier (TSE: 4180) today announced the launch of BotBonnie, an omnichannel conversational marketing platform, boosting Appier’s suite of AI-powered solutions that are designed to help customers intelligently navigate the complex customer journey on messenger services. The launch today marks Appier’s debut in the conversational commerce and marketing space, a move [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Co., a global leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, said Tuesday it has adopted around-the-clock chatbot service to enhance customers’ convenience. LG Electronics’ chatbot service was based on its artificial intelligence platform called DeepThinQ and an analysis of about 10 million customer complaints about its products, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul government is set to introduce a new AI chatbot service dedicated to discussing administrative matters later this year. The Seoul Metropolitan Government has announced plans to invest over 200 billion won in a total of 842 upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution projects this year, building on the latest [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced plans to develop digital chat bots for lonely seniors as well as a platform providing information related to chemical products by 2020. The plans for the science ministry’s new technology development project were revealed on Wednesday, the continuation of an initiative that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ HelloVision has introduced ‘Udi’, an AI chatbot that will provide counseling services for Hello Mobile Direct, the company’s online mobile shopping mall. The artificial intelligence-powered chatbot uses big data to answer questions from online customers in real time. Even for non-registered Hello Mobile users, Udi can help choose mobile [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Pizza restaurant chain Domino’s Pizza announced on Sunday it has launched a new AI chatbot service through which users can place orders online. ‘DomiChat’ is an artificial intelligence-based service that allows users to place orders on the internet or using a mobile app easily by talking to a chatbot, making [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key newswire, on Wednesday launched the nation’s first chatbot service, delivering news updates sorted by artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to Facebook users. In the new service offered in Korean, any Facebook user can send messages to Yonhap’s chatbot via Yonhap’s official Facebook page (fb.com/yonhap) [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As the fourth industrial revolution reshapes the landscape of online shopping of our time, advanced technology such as chatbots that assist shoppers are proving popular among consumers despite fears jobs will be taken away by robots and automation. Inside reports from the distribution industry yesterday revealed companies that have [...]