The government's "AI for All" program will begin beta testing in September, followed by a broader launch later this year. On Friday, Seoul named three technology consortia...

South Korea already has a large market for generative AI. A government survey earlier this year found that about one-quarter of South Koreans pay for AI services. By comparison, a PNC Bank survey found that about 2% of Americans pay for such services. Seoul estimates that more than 20 million people in South Korea use free generative AI tools.

The rollout is backed by a broader increase in AI spending. President Lee Jae Myung’s administration has set aside about 10 trillion won, or $7.2 billion, for AI-related spending in 2026. That is three times the amount allocated the previous year.

  • insurgentrat [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 days ago

    the amount of knowledge and culture that has been buried or subtly corrupted by the tide of slop concerns me. In academia alone I think it will take more than half a century to unpick. Like the replication crisis but in all fields at once.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      7 days ago

      buried or subtly corrupted by the tide of slop

      It makes me think of the flooding - and in particular the recent flooding in Nepal and China. Except in the case of flooding nobody except unhinged people root for the water.