AI care robots look after elderly living alone in rural region

SEOUL -- Artificial intelligence-based care robots were provided to old people living alone in a rural region in South Korea's eastern province. The companion robots help residents become emotionally stable by asking them how they are faring while monitoring their conditions, and warn guardians in case of an emergency. The robots created by South Korea's AI care robot developer Hyodol were distributed to 15 selected residents, Cheongsong County Office said. The doll-sha

August 9, 2023

Global competition for first-person shooter game 'CrossFire' to be held in Ho Chi Minh City

SEOUL -- Smilegate Entertainment, a South Korean game publisher, will host a global competition for CrossFire, a first-person shooter game with about eight million monthly active users, in Viet Nam's Ho Chi Minh City. Players from eight countries including China, Brazil, and the Philippines will compete to win prize money of $300,000. The event will be broadcast in English, Vietnamese, and Chinese. The first-person shooter game, released in 2007, features a war between two privat

August 7, 2023

Upstage's generative AI model receives highest score on global AI language model scoreboard

SEOUL -- A generative artificial intelligence service created by South Korea's AI startup Upstage has received the highest score on an international large language model scoreboard run by Hugging Face, a New York City-based AI company. The AI model that can understand, summarize, generate, and predict new content has competed with some 500 models including GPT-3, a Chat GPT-based service. ChatGPT, made by Open AI, is one of the most widely used large language model (LLM)-based chat

August 1, 2023

Lunit to provide AI solution for breast cancer to Middle East

SEOUL -- "Lunit INSIGHT MMG," a solution specializing in detecting breast cancer created by South Korea's medical artificial intelligence company Lunit, will be supplied to hospitals operated by Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, a major healthcare provider in the Middle East. The Saudi Arabia-based group runs more than 20 hospitals in various regions including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Lunit INSIGHT MMG compares and analyzes medical images of breast can

July 26, 2023

State-run police hospital adopts Lunit's AI chest X-ray solution

SEOUL -- "Lunit INSIGHT CXR," a chest X-ray analysis solution developed by South Korea's medical artificial intelligence company Lunit, was adopted by the country's national police hospital to detect various types of chest diseases. The solution can significantly help human doctors treat police officers and firefighters suffering from lung diseases. The AI-based solution is used to compare and analyze X-rays and medical images of patients with chest diseases and healt

July 21, 2023

Avikus to provide self-sailing solution for water taxis in southern port city

SEOUL -- Avikus, a South Korean self-sailing solution developer affiliated with HD Hyundai, partnered with Korea Composite, a domestic marine leisure product manufacturer, to develop autonomous water taxis. Starting in 2025, Korea Composite will operate a total of four self-sailing taxis in South Korea's southern port city of Busan. In February 2023, HD Hyundai unveiled its plan to commercialize Avikus' autonomous boat solution called "NeuBoat" in the second half

July 20, 2023

Researchers develop pilot robot for aircraft

SEOUL -- A South Korean technology institute has developed a robot pilot that can understand flight manuals written in English and control switches and other devices inside a cockpit. Using artificial intelligence technology, the humanoid robot finds safe flight routes in real time. The institute aims to commercialize the solution in 2026 and provide it to the private and military sectors. Unlike regular unmanned aircraft created by attaching automatic flight control devices to manned

July 19, 2023

VR solution startup YoYo Interactive to develop VR-based firefighting drone training system

SEOUL -- YoYo Interactive, a South Korean virtual reality solution company, will work with a fire department in South Korea's southern port city of Ulsan to develop a virtual training system where firefighters can carry out missions using drones. Drones are widely used for firefighting operations in South Korea's mountainous areas. They can also help rescuers save shipwrecked victims using their advanced aerial search functions. In August 2021, drones were used to save two peo

July 17, 2023

Naver adopts AI-based malicious comment notification system for online news articles

SEOUL -- In an effort to root out cyberbullying, Naver, South Korea's largest web portal operator, has adopted an artificial intelligence-based malicious comment notification service that can monitor insulting remarks in the comment section of news articles. Using the solution called "Cleanbot Observer," media companies can remove comment sections after detecting articles with many offensive comments. Naver said in a statement that the company started the demonstratio

July 14, 2023

Deceased fighter pilot reunites with sorrow-stricken mother in virtual world

SEOUL -- A South Korean documentary that portrayed the tearful reunion of a sorrow-stricken mother and her son, who died of an unexpected accident during air force training at the age of 27, in the virtual space, has pulled at many viewers' heartstrings. The son named Park In-cheol served as an air force officer and passed away in July 2007 about 50 days after becoming a combat pilot. "Mom, this is In-cheol. I missed you, mom," the virtual human created using

July 6, 2023