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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

Recently, UBTECH Technology, China Telecom Shaanxi Company, and Digital Life Company jointly launched the first family desktop AI robot. This robot aims to provide more intelligent and humanized services for family users, marking an important advancement in the field of smart homes. Since July 2024, these three companies have formed a joint R&D team focused on digital life intelligence technology, aiming to create a robot that can "grow." This robot will be based on China Telecom's Xingchen large model, featuring emotional computing, environmental perception, task planning, and so on.

South Korean media reports that FuriosaAI, a startup specializing in AI application chips, recently rejected an $800 million acquisition offer from tech giant Meta. FuriosaAI stated it will continue focusing on independent R&D and production of its AI chips. The report indicates that the breakdown of acquisition talks stemmed from disagreements on business strategy and organizational structure, not the acquisition price itself. Similar to many tech companies building large language models (LLMs), Meta...

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...

Tech giant Microsoft recently announced a $298 million investment in South Africa to build artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure. This initiative aims to boost South Africa's digital economy and provide better technology support and services to local businesses and individuals. With the global demand for AI increasing, Microsoft's investment will help strengthen South Africa's competitiveness in this field. Microsoft's investment plan includes not only financial contributions but also technology transfer and talent development. Through collaborations with local businesses and educational institutions, Microsoft hopes to foster growth and innovation within South Africa's technology sector.

Artificial intelligence is sweeping across the globe at an unprecedented speed, but a significant issue is becoming increasingly prominent: while general-purpose AI is proficient in many skills, it often struggles with specific regional cultures and languages. This is particularly true in culturally and linguistically diverse areas such as the Middle East and South Asia, where users urgently require AI models that understand the 'local language'. Although large general models can handle multiple languages, they often reveal a lack of cultural depth and in-depth regional knowledge when dealing with scenarios rich in regional context.

Recently, the South Korean government announced plans to strengthen investments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and establish a 'National AI Committee' to promote national development in this area, aiming to become one of the top three AI-leading countries globally. This policy comes in close relation to the technological advancements of the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which the South Korean government believes has brought new challenges to the domestic market, necessitating a stronger response. Image source note: The image was generated by AI and is licensed through service provider Midjourney, according to Bloomberg.

According to the latest data, the monthly usage of generative AI applications in South Korea reached an astonishing 900 million times in December 2024, with ChatGPT being the most used application, totaling 6.82 million users. Other applications like A-dot and Rutton also followed closely, demonstrating the rapid proliferation of generative AI. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from service provider Midjourney per WiseApp, Retail, and Goods companies.

In the 'Top Ten National Treasures' annual selection initiated by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, China Telecom's self-developed Xingchen Model made the list thanks to its groundbreaking technological achievements. As the first full-size, full-modal, and domestically produced foundational model system in the country, the Xingchen Model demonstrates exceptional capabilities in semantics, speech, vision, and multimodal fields. In the semantic domain, the Xingchen Model has achieved significant breakthroughs. Leveraging a fully domestic 10,000-card cluster and training framework, this model reaches over 93% of the computational efficiency of NVIDIA's equivalent power, with a training duration ratio that is more efficient.

Recently, UK mobile communications giant Vodafone announced a new collaboration with Google to promote a range of cloud services, generative artificial intelligence tools, and cybersecurity services among customers in Europe and Africa. This partnership continues their existing relationship, which has developed over the past decade, and this expansion will further enhance the market competitiveness of both companies. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image authorized by service provider Midjourney. According to Vodafone's statement released on Tuesday, the new collaboration will focus on promoting Google’s cloud storage subscription service, among other initiatives.

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 South Korean teenagers using deepfake technology to create pornographic content has garnered widespread attention, with a surge in online sexual crimes. Police are urging for enhanced education and guidance for youth to improve online safety and moral awareness. Instances of pornographic content targeting schools and teachers have emerged on Telegram, with multiple cases reported. In the first seven months of this year, the number of....