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Samsung Electronics has launched its AI Subscription Club program in South Korea, which is not a paid subscription service for Galaxy AI features on smartphones and tablets, but rather a program for consumers that allows them to rent AI-equipped Samsung appliances for a monthly fee. Consumers can use Samsung's AI-equipped products for a set period of time by paying a monthly subscription fee, which allows more consumers to try out Samsung's high-end appliances and AI features before purchasing those devices. The subscription service can be used to rent refrigerators, TVs, vacuum cleaners, washing machines and more. In some sets...

Microsoft and South Korean telecom company KT Corp. announced a partnership at the end of September, committing 2.4 trillion won (currently about 12.528 billion yuan) over the next five years to boost AI, cloud services, and infrastructure development in South Korea. The two companies plan to roll out customized AI models based on Microsoft's multilingual GPT-4o in the first half of 2025, leveraging KT's datasets around Korean culture and industry. The models will be used for KT's internal and consumer-facing applications, such as customer service chatbots, and can also be used to provide...

According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean police announced that they have launched a pre-investigation into Telegram's suspected permissiveness of Deepfake sexual crimes. Yu Jong-soo, director of the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency of South Korea, said at a regular press conference on the 2nd that similar to the situation in France, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency has launched a pre-investigation into Telegram, and pointed out: "This suspicion is related to the permissiveness of this crime (fake videos, etc.)." The minister also admitted that there were difficulties in the investigation process. "Telegram not only did not provide us with...

Deepfake is once again caught in the storm of public opinion. This time, the severity of the crime committed using this AI technology was called "Korea's Nth Room 2.0" by netizens, and the claws even reached many minors! The impact of the incident was so great that it directly rushed to the major hot searches and hot lists. As early as May of this year, Yonhap News Agency reported a news that: Seoul University graduates Park and Jiang were suspected of using Deepfake to change faces and synthesize pornographic photos and videos from July 2021 to April 2024, and privately disseminated them on the communication software Telegram. The victimized female...

Recently, the problem of deep fake crimes in South Korea has attracted public attention, and even the keyword "South Korea face-changing" has topped the hot search list on Weibo. According to the Global Times, citing the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol said on the 27th that images of deep fake technology are spreading rapidly through social media, especially cases targeting unspecified groups of people. Many victims are minors, and most of the perpetrators are only in their teens. This phenomenon has caused great panic in society, and President Yoon called on relevant departments to strengthen investigations and completely eradicate this type of crime using digital technology. Report…

The South Korean government plans to bring tablets equipped with artificial intelligence teaching materials into the classroom, according to the Financial Times. The government plans to launch the plan next year, and by 2028, teachers will use these AI teaching materials to teach all subjects except music, art, sports and ethics. The government has not yet released specific details, only saying that these materials can be customized according to different learning progress and teachers can check their students' learning status. In response, more than 50,000 parents in South Korea signed a petition asking the government to focus less on new technologies and more on the overall well-being of students: "As parents, we have...

LG AI Research announced the launch of Korea’s first open source AI model, EXAONE 3.0, on August 7, marking Korea’s entry into the global AI field dominated by US tech giants and emerging companies in China and the Middle East. The EXAONE 3.0 open source model is based on a decoder-only Transformer architecture, has 7.8B parameters, and 8T of training data (tokens). It is a bilingual model for English and Korean. According to an LG press release: “In building for a variety of purposes…

Recently, LG AI Research announced the launch of Exaone3.0, South Korea's first open source artificial intelligence model. The model has 7.8 billion parameters and can perform well in Korean and English tasks. It aims to accelerate AI research and build a strong AI ecosystem for South Korea. LG has always been famous for its consumer electronics, and this strategic transformation shows that it hopes to gain a foothold in the field of AI innovation. By open sourcing Exaone3.0, LG not only demonstrates its technological strength, but also may open up new revenue sources for cloud computing and AI services…

According to a report by The Korea Times on July 19, at the 47th KCCI Jeju Forum last Friday, Choi Tae-won, chairman of South Korea's SK Group and president of the Korean Chamber of Commerce, expressed new views on AI. Choi Tae-won warned that if the AI technology industry fails to ensure sufficient profitability, Nvidia may lose its dominant position in a few years. Choi Tae-won compared the recent AI boom to the gold rush in the United States in the 19th century, and expected Nvidia to maintain its leading position for at least the next three years, just as pickaxes and jeans for mining were hot at the time. However, when there is no more…

According to Reuters, the artificial intelligence (AI) beauty lab of South Korean beauty giant AmorePacific has been crowded with customers recently. Here, robots can mix exclusive foundation according to customers' skin conditions and recommend the most suitable lipstick color for customers. After experiencing the customized skin care service, 32-year-old customer Kwon You-jin said: "Everyone's skin color is unique, but usually only the most common colors on the market can be purchased. It's great to have a deeper understanding of my skin condition through AI-generated data and see the before and after comparison with my own eyes!" After receiving a copy of the AI-generated...

South Korea's government has sharply raised its economic growth forecast as global demand for artificial intelligence surges and semiconductor exports hit a record high. According to a statement from the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday, the government expects gross domestic product to grow by 2.6% this year, 0.4 percentage points higher than the previous forecast. At the same time, the inflation rate remains unchanged at 2.6%. The forecast is 0.1 percentage point higher than the forecast of the Bank of Korea, showing the optimistic trend of rapid economic growth in South Korea. Source Note: Image generated by AI, image license service provider Midjourney People's optimism about the economic outlook is also reflected in export data...

Liner, a generative AI service developed by a Korean startup, ranked fourth in a ranking by Andreessen Horowitz, the world's largest venture capital firm. According to the ranking released on March 13, Liner is just behind OpenAI's ChatGPT, showing remarkable achievements. Andreessen Horowitz is a well-known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, and the results of this ranking further demonstrate South Korea's innovative ability in the field of artificial intelligence. Generative AI technology is currently a hot topic in the field of artificial intelligence…

OpenAI CEO said the company is interested in working with major Korean chipmakers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Sam Altman revealed that he visited South Korea twice in the past six months and had fruitful talks with Samsung and SK Hynix during his most recent visit. At a meeting at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, when asked by Korean reporters whether there were any plans for semiconductor cooperation with Korean chipmakers, Altman said he had visited South Korea in late February 2024 and met with executives from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix...