S. Korea to set new standards and guidelines on copyrights of AI-generated content

SEOUL -- In an effort to minimize public confusion and disputes over intellectual property rights of artificial intelligence-generated content, the South Korean government will set new standards and guidelines on content generated based on machine-learned data by September 2023. The government's action was taken swiftly after President Yoon Suk-yeol urged related administrative bodies to come up with new guidelines and orders that will be ideal for the future digital age. Thank

May 3, 2023

Kakao Talk adopts AI solution capable of providing nutritional information based on food pictures

SEOUL -- South Korea's favorite smartphone messenger app Kakao Talk has adopted an artificial intelligence-based solution capable of providing nutritional information based on pictures of food. The solution called "FoodLens" also suggests various types of recipes depending on dietary goals and eating habits. To add the dietary management function to Kakao Talk, domestic AI startup Upstage has worked with Doing Lab, an AI healthcare startup that developed FoodLens. If a

May 1, 2023

Shinsegae's duty-free shop operator demonstrates AI chatbot service to take care of employee's inquiries

SEOUL -- The duty-free shop operator affiliated with South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae has adopted an artificial intelligence-based administrative service that takes care of human workers' inquiries such as duty-free policies and task guidelines. The chatbot capable of answering employees' questions for 24 hours is currently being demonstrated for some 1,000 workers in Seoul. Chatbot services are widely used in South Korea due to their efficiency. The artificial inte

April 24, 2023

​S. Korean state institutes team up to co-develop carbon-neutral technology

SEOUL -- Three South Korean state institutes have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop technologies to achieve carbon neutrality. The capturing of carbon from the environment and converting them into high-value composites have become the main focus of various industries to slow climate change and ultimately create a sustainable environment. Carbon Neutrality refers to a state of net zero carbon emissions. This state can be achieved by controlling the emission of carbon

April 19, 2023

Soundtrack created by AI composer played on S. Korean home shopping TV show

SEOUL -- KT Alpha, a commerce wing of South Korea's major telecom company KT, showcased a soundtrack created by an artificial intelligence composer on a TV show. The music with a cheerful vibe was used for a veteran show host's home shopping program, mostly consumed by women in their 40s and 50s. The AI-based soundtrack was played on "Shin Jin-young's S Shop" where many different luxury apparel items and home appliances are presented. The soundtrack was made

April 14, 2023

Convenience store franchise CU demonstrates autonomous delivery robot capable of going up stairs and hills

SEOUL -- South Korea's top convenience store franchise CU has partnered with Mobinn, an in-house venture of the Hyundai auto group, to demonstrate an autonomous robot capable of delivering convenience store items to apartment residents by going up and down stairs and hills without any difficulties. The robot can maintain balance even on stairs because it changes the shape of its wheel. Although various autonomous robots have been tested in South Korea, door-to-door delivery ser

April 13, 2023

Research institute KAIST to showcase AI and metaverse-based factory capable of controlling actual plant

SEOUL -- At a global trade fair in Germany, a South Korean technology institute will showcase an artificial intelligence-based virtual factory where operators can remotely control actual manufacturing sites in a metaverse environment. In case of emergency, the AI system will notify human operators in the virtual world so they can counteract. The virtual plant can also be used to monitor facilities and educate employees. The metaverse, which uses virtual reality (VR), augmented real

April 13, 2023

About 60% of S. Koreans worry about AI stealing humans' jobs: survey

SEOUL -- About 60 percent of South Koreans worry that artificial intelligence-based solutions could steal humans' jobs in the future, a survey showed. Currently, AI-based robots and other smart solutions are widely used in South Korea with about 21 million working people. AI systems that mimic the way how people think and work are adopted by business operators to cut down operating costs and speed up simple processes such as sorting documents and moving parcels from one section

April 10, 2023

Engineering college in Korea to be created in metaverse world

SEOUL -- Targeting young students familiar with virtual online activities, an engineering college will be created in the metaverse world in Goyang, a northwestern satellite city of Seoul. The virtual college called "Kaiser University" would offer hands-on training courses related to information technology, renewable energy, and medical science. Metaverse, which enables users to interact with others using avatars through virtually created online spaces, is gaining moment

April 7, 2023

KT's multilingual AI voice synthesis service adopted in video production platform 'Mango Board'

SEOUL -- "AI Voice," a multilingual artificial intelligence-based voice synthesis service created by South Korea's major telecom company KT, was adopted by the operator of Mango Board, a domestic design and video content production platform. Depending on the written script context, the service creates various voices with different emotions. The service is available in Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. AI Voice users can express many different emotions including

April 6, 2023