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.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    30 days ago

    All over the world - I wonder how bad AI’s influence will be on people’s ability to think and to reason. It’s bad enough for adults but huge percentages of teens and even younger kids using it can only be toxic.

    • insurgentrat [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      30 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
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        30 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.