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Artificial intelligence

  • Artificial intelligence

    SK Networks invests $19 mn in AI startup Upstage

    South Korea's SK Networks Co. announced on Friday that it has invested 25 billion won ($19.02 million) in the domestic artificial intelligence (AI) ...

    Jan 12, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Upstage installs Solar in KakaoTalk AI services

    South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup Upstage announced on Thursday that its small language model (SLM) Specialized and Optim...

    Jan 11, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Upstage's AI beats global peers in benchmark math tests

    South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Upstage said on Monday that its math-specific large language model (LLM), jointly developed with lo...

    Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    LG Uplus invests $7.6 mn in 42Maru

    South Korea’s LG Uplus Corp. announced on Sunday that it has invested 10 billion won ($7.6 million) in 42Maru, a domestic language AI startup.T...

    Jan 08, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

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    S-1 sees facial recognition AI as core trend in 2024

    South Korea's system securities provider S-1 Corp. has forecasted a significant rise in the demand for AI-powered security solutions this year, prim...

    Jan 03, 2024 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    ESTsoft launches conversational AI service Alan

    South Korea's AI service specialist company ESTsoft Corp. announced on Tuesday that it launched its conversational artificial intelligence (AI) servi...

    Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    HD Hyundai, Google Cloud team up to accelerate generative AI innovation

    HD Hyundai Co., South Korea’s shipbuilding-to-heavy machinery conglomerate, said on Tuesday it has teamed up with Google Cloud, the information...

    Dec 26, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Naver to join race with EQT, Goldman Sachs for Korean SW firm

    Naver Corp. is set to go up against global major private equity firms such as EQT Partners AB and Goldman Sachs Private Equity Group to acquire a Sou...

    Dec 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Naver, NHIS to boost data services with HyperCLOVA X

    South Korea's leading online portal Naver Corp. and the state-run National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) will collaborate to leverage advanced arti...

    Dec 18, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

    South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for t...

    Dec 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    AI, cloud to rule video surveillance market in 2024: Hanwha Vision

    Hanwha Vision Co., formerly Hanwha Techwin, expects the global video surveillance market to undergo a major upgrade with the development of artificia...

    Dec 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    Former Kakao CEO founds AI entertainment company

    Namkoong Whon, the former CEO of South Korea’s Kakao Corp., announced on Friday that he founded artificial intelligence (AI)-based entertainme...

    Dec 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    Innocean forms GenAI team

    Innocean Worldwide Inc., the global marketing communications arm of Hyundai Motor Group, announced on Wednesday that it formed a new task force team ...

    Dec 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

    Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, is set to speed up its artificial intelligence business with a beta service of AI-pow...

    Nov 28, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    South Korea lags behind US, China in AI talent pool

    South Korea lags far behind advanced countries in nurturing artificial intelligence (AI) talent due to the lack of proper skills development programs...

    Nov 20, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    3 Min read

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    AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK

    Artificial intelligence poses the biggest threat to high-paid, highly educated professionals such as medical doctors, accountants and engineering tec...

    Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Nvidia challenger Sapeon unveils new AI chip for data centers

    Sapeon Inc., a semiconductor startup backed by South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate SK Group, on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intell...

    Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Upstage to develop math-specific LLM with Qanda

    South Korean artificial intelligence tech startup Upstage will challenge global math solver AIs such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Pho...

    Nov 15, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Lunit gets FDA approval for AI cancer diagnosis solution

    South Korean medical AI company Lunit said on Tuesday its Lunit Insight DBT, an AI imaging diagnosis solution aiding in breast cancer diagnosis, has ...

    Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    1 Min read

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    Samsung Elec, Naver tie up for smart building business

    Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, and Naver Corp., South Korea’s online giant, have joined hands to develop ...

    Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Hankook Tire develops AI-based EV customer analysis system

    South Korea's Hankook Tire & Technology announced on Thursday that it has developed a voice of the customer (VOC) analysis system for electric ve...

    Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Samsung to feature AI-based real time translation in Galaxy

    Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday it plans to feature AI-based translation in its upcoming Galaxy AI smartphone. AI Live Translate Call w...

    Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Naver opens Asia’s largest data center for AI, cloud biz

    SEJONG – South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. opened Asia’s largest data center in the country to lead technology innovation and ...

    Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Samsung unveils generative AI Gauss, to be integrated in Galaxy S24

    Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its first generative artificial intelligence model, Samsung Gauss, to compete with the likes of ChatGPT...

    Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    LG, Qraft Technologies' AI-powered ETF trades on NYSE

    South Korea’s LG Group and Seoul-based Qraft Technologies Inc. have jointly launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that selects holdings relate...

    Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed

    SK Telecom Co. has invested a combined 9.4 billion won ($7.2 million) in artificial intelligence startups Allganize Inc. and Imprimed Inc., the top m...

    Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    On-device AI chips: New battleground for chipmakers

    As on-device artificial intelligence, designed for smart gadgets such as smartphones, laptops and autonomous-driving cars, emerges as a mega-trend fo...

    Nov 05, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

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    Socar launches car-sharing service with Naver's generative AI

    South Korea’s mobility platform operator Socar Inc. has introduced a car-sharing service utilizing generative artificial intelligence in cooper...

    Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    2 Min read

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    KT unveils B2B generative AI service Mi:dm

    South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. on Tuesday unveiled Mi:dm, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) service for corporate clients, at its Seoul-...

    Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)

    2 Min read