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Recently, OpenAI announced the establishment of a legal entity in South Korea, marking it as the company's largest paid user market outside the United States. Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer of OpenAI, disclosed at a press conference held in Seoul on May 26th that OpenAI will open an office in Seoul in the coming months and is currently recruiting employees to support collaboration with companies and policymakers. This signifies that OpenAI's relationship with one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world will deepen further. Image source note: image

LG AI Research recently open-sourced its EXAONE Deep Reasoning AI model, touted as globally noteworthy. Its biggest highlight is its reasoning capabilities. Simply put, it can independently formulate hypotheses and verify them through reasoning, enabling autonomous decision-making. This marks a new era of Agentic AI, where AI may truly begin to develop its own intelligence. LG AI Research proudly announced the...

Recently, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea announced that they have successfully developed a technology named 'Dejaview'. This new technology utilizes real-time surveillance cameras (CCTV) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to not only detect criminal activities but also predict the likelihood of crimes, marking a shift in the role of surveillance systems from mere monitoring to actively preventing crime. Image Source Note: Image generated by AI, image authorized by service provider Midjourney. The core of 'Dejaview' technology lies in analyzing...

The issue of deepfake crimes in South Korea has drawn widespread attention from society, particularly concerning the increasing number of cases involving minors, with an estimated 220,000 individuals affected. The victim demographics are broad, including students, teachers, military personnel, and a significant proportion of minors. These crimes are rapidly disseminated through social media, with some victims' information being used for validation in illicit groups. Cases of deepfake targeting women have garnered particular attention, with known affected schools exceeding 100, including both domestic and overseas Korean international schools. In response, the South Korean president has called for strengthened investigations and the eradication of crimes utilizing digital technology.

South Korea's AI application 'X Caliber' is revolutionizing pet medical services by providing fast and accurate diagnoses that assist veterinarians in addressing pet health issues, significantly improving the speed and efficiency of care, and enhancing pet owners' trust in the diagnostic results. This technology utilizes AI to analyze X-rays with an accuracy rate of 86%, and has been implemented in South Korea, the United States, Australia, and parts of Southeast Asia, demonstrating great potential especially in Indonesia where it alleviates shortages of veterinary radiologists. This marks a gradual expansion of AI applications in the medical field, heralding a new era of AI in healthcare.

LG's AI research department has launched Exaone 3.0, South Korea's first open-source AI model, which features 7.8 billion parameters. The model aims to accelerate AI research and build a robust AI ecosystem. It performs exceptionally well in Korean and English tasks. Through its open-source strategy, LG demonstrates its technological prowess and may create new revenue streams in cloud computing and AI services. To compete in the global AI landscape, LG is similar to companies like Alibaba, driving cloud business growth through open-source AI models.

South Korea has seen its semiconductor exports reach an all-time high due to the soaring global demand for artificial intelligence, prompting the government to significantly increase its economic growth forecasts. According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance's statement on Wednesday, the government predicts that the country's gross domestic product will grow by 2.6% this year, which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the previous forecast. Meanwhile, the inflation rate remains unchanged at

Meta is expected to release the open-source AI model Llama 3 in July this year. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg held talks. Zuckerberg visited Samsung and LG Electronics for collaboration discussions. In Japan, he met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss AI risks.

Zuckerberg arrives in South Korea to meet with the Samsung Chairman and LG President to discuss collaboration on extended reality and artificial intelligence. Meta plans to launch the next-generation Quest Pro VR headset in partnership with South Korea's LG Group.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is visiting Seoul, South Korea this week. It is speculated that he will discuss AI chip collaboration with SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won. Altman may also negotiate with Samsung Electronics regarding contract manufacturing and memory collaboration. He is in discussions with investors and chip manufacturers like TSMC about the possibility of establishing a new chip company dedicated to developing specialized chips for AI model training and construction, as well as setting up a chip manufacturing plant. Altman is also seeking billions of dollars in investment to support this plan.

Sapeon, an AI chip startup supported by South Korea's SK Group, announced on Thursday that its latest model, the SapeonX330, is now available for data centers, joining the global race for AI chip development against major competitors such as Nvidia.

🚀 Major IT companies Samsung, Kakao, and Naver have launched generative AI systems for healthcare to meet user needs. 🏥 Samsung's subsidiary Harman introduced HealthGPT, providing advanced patient care and medical research support. 🔬 Korean companies like Kakao and Naver are also developing medical generative AI, offering medical information transformation and health record services. 💡 Companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are also venturing into the medical generative AI field to enhance patient treatment outcomes and manage medical records.

Korea's KT Corporation plans to establish an AI medical R&D innovation zone in the Dongdaemun area of Seoul. An agreement signed with Sahmyook Medical Center and the medical big data company Humanitas aims to create a high-tech AI medical R&D innovation zone. The goal is to establish an emergency medical system on underutilized hospital land, supporting medical data R&D activities, with completion scheduled for 2028. Korea's KT Corporation will be responsible for building the integrated information and communication technology infrastructure, while Humanitas will provide systems and data support for medical R&D.

South Korea's largest telecom company SK Telecom announced an investment of $100 million in the American AI startup Anthropic to expand its AI business. Anthropic has raised $450 million in funding from Google and other investors. SK Telecom and Anthropic plan to jointly develop a multilingual large language model for global telecom and build an AI platform.