SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The rise of AI-powered image generation, propelled by the widespread use of tools like ChatGPT, is redefining the competitive landscape of artificial intelligence and signaling a shift away from text-only models. According to sources in the ICT industry, OpenAI surpassed 500 million ChatGPT users shortly after launching its image [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — At a parliamentary forum discussing South Korea’s new AI Basic Law, tech industry leaders highlighted the mounting challenges in securing training data for artificial intelligence systems, with some materials costing over 1 million won per book to acquire through web crawling. “We’re facing a significant shortage of AI training data,” said [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ordered Iron Mace, a startup game developer, to pay 8.5 billion won to gaming giant Nexon in a trade secrets case that hinged on whether game design concepts and rules developed at a company constitute protected business secrets. The Seoul Central District Court ruled on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major terrestrial broadcasters—KBS, MBC, and SBS—have filed a lawsuit against tech giant Naver for unauthorized use of their news articles in training its generative artificial intelligence models, HyperCLOVA and HyperCLOVA X. This marks the first legal action by South Korean media outlets against a big tech [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) violated copyright law by posting exam questions containing literary and artistic works on its website without proper compensation. The court’s decision, made by the Third Division under Justice Noh Jeong-hee, upholds a lower court’s partial [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant development highlighting the rising legal challenges in the age of artificial intelligence, the Korea Newspaper Association has filed a formal complaint with the Fair Trade Commission against Naver, South Korea’s leading web portal. The complaint accuses Naver of using news content from media outlets without authorization for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture ministry announced Wednesday it will not grant copyright registration to artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content, drawing a clear line on the controversial issue of whether to legally recognize the creativity of such content. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism unveiled the plan as part of a set [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The core copyright industries are playing an increasing role in South Korea, collectively making a growing contribution to the economy. The Korea Copyright Commission released data on Tuesday which revealed that the core copyright industries including broadcasting, performances, and creative work made more contributions to the South Korean economy in [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Intellectual Property Office’s “Chinese Trademark Brokerages Early Warning Service” is providing a big boost to South Korean companies who have struggled from trademark theft. Since its inception last year, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has requested the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China to run [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Your neighborhood café might be playing a lot less music going forward now that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced amendments to copyright laws. On August 16, the ministry issued a statement saying that revisions to standing copyright regulations had been made and would go into [...]