A developer's weekly roundup covers six posts on voice AI, including the EU AI Act's synthetic audio watermarking rules that took effect August 2, requiring TTS providers to implement marking pipeline…
Kakao's Kanana-o model now accepts plain-language voice instructions such as 'read it in a sad voice' or 'read it in a Gyeongsang dialect', reflecting them in speed, volume, pitch, emotion, intonation…
Kakao, the operator of KakaoTalk, has upgraded the voice generation technology in its omni AI model Kanana-o, allowing users to control tone, speed, emotions, and accents through natural-language text…
Kakao detailed improvements to its Kanana-o speech model on August 4, 2026, enabling users to control speaking speed, volume, pitch, emotion, intonation, and dialect via natural-language prompts. In K…
Labour unions across South Korea are rallying after Samsung Electronics agreed to hand out bonuses of more than US$400,000 to some employees, with workers at Hyundai Motor, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries…
South Korean labour unions across multiple industries are pushing for higher bonus payouts after Samsung Electronics agreed to bonuses exceeding US$400,000 for some employees amid the AI boom. Hyundai…
South Korea's government has posted a tender for a universal basic AI chatbot and an AI agent for government services, aiming to provide every resident with free access to a locally hosted AI service.…
South Korea's government has issued a tender for private companies to develop a universal AI chatbot and a government services agent, backed by up to 256 Nvidia B200 GPUs for successful bidders who ma…
Kakao's turnaround efforts face mounting challenges as weak AI execution, slowing core businesses and escalating labor tensions cloud its growth outlook, Samsung Securities said on Monday, cutting its…
Naver launched an AI Tab on June 26, 2026, replacing its search box with a conversational interface, while rival Daum introduced an AI Overview on July 1 using Upstage's Solar model. Naver plans to ad…
South Korean AI firm Upstage announced it will integrate its AI model, workplace tools, and web portal into a single platform, betting on a home-grown stack to compete without relying on US or Chinese…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman postponed a planned June 14-15 visit to South Korea for meetings with Samsung Electronics, Naver, and Kakao, citing unavoidable personal circumstances, with no rescheduled date a…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has postponed his planned trip to South Korea, where he was scheduled to meet with Samsung, Naver, and Kakao to discuss AI cooperation. OpenAI stated that South Korea is a strate…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has postponed his scheduled visit to Korea next week due to personal reasons, the company and industry sources confirmed Friday. The two-day trip, which was set to begin Sunday, …
OpenAI, Nvidia, ElevenLabs, and Kakao are now using Google's SynthID watermarking system for AI-generated content, which Google says has already been applied to 100 billion images and videos plus 60,0…
At Google I/O 2026, Google announced that OpenAI, Kakao, and ElevenLabs are adopting its SynthID watermarking technology, making it an emerging industry standard for invisible AI content verification.…
Author's experience building Vericum, a marketplace for human-authored content with cryptographic proof of origin and royalty chains, just as Google shipped SynthID detection into Chrome and C2PA cred…