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What Counts as “From Scratch”? Korea’s AI Project Faces Its First Real Test
Plagiarism allegations against leading consortia highlight gaps in rules and raise questions about AI sovereignty South Korea’s national artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model project, promoted as a cornerstone of the country’s push for AI sovereignty, has entered a critical phase after allegations surfaced that some leading participants relied on components from Chinese AI models. What began as a technical debate among developers has evolved into a...
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What Counts as “From Scratch”? Korea’s AI Project Faces Its First Real Test
Plagiarism allegations against leading consortia highlight gaps in rules and raise questions about AI sovereignty South Korea’s national artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model project, promoted as a cornerstone of the country’s push for AI sovereignty, has entered a critical phase...
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SK On, SK Innovation partner with Standard Energy to strengthen ESS safety push
Collaboration signals strategic shift toward non-EV batteries as safety concerns grow in data centers and industrial sites SK On and parent company SK Innovation said they have entered a partnership with domestic energy storage firm Standard Energy to broaden their...
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From LLMs to Agents: Naver and Kakao Enter Next Phase of AI Competition
Korean internet giants move beyond chatbots toward task-executing AI agents. Heavy infrastructure spending signals a shift to AI as core platform logic South Korea’s internet leaders Naver and Kakao are stepping up efforts to deploy agentic artificial intelligence, laying the...
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Over 30,000 KT Subscribers Exit in Days After Penalty Waiver
Fee exemption accelerates churn following network security breach More than 30,000 users have left KT Corp. within days of the company waiving early termination fees, showing how quickly subscriber movement can accelerate when contractual barriers are removed during a security...
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South Korea to Boost Science and ICT R&D Spending by 25% in 2025
Bigger Budget Signals Shift Toward Long-Term Tech Competitiveness The Ministry of Science and ICT said Thursday that the South Korean government will invest 8.12 trillion won ($5.6 billion) this year in research and development across science and information and communications...
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