Korea’s Push for a Homegrown A.I. Faces Reckoning After Major Firms Fail Government Test

SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ambition to build a sovereign artificial intelligence ecosystem was jolted this week after the government’s first evaluation of its national A.I. foundation model program eliminated two of the country’s most prominent technology players, exposing deep uncertainties about what “independent A.I.” truly means — and whether Korea can realistically [...]