SK Telecom, KT and Kakao announced on Sep 4 at the Korea Press Center in Seoul their plans for South Korea's "AI for All" programme, which would give each of the country's 52 million citizens free, un…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has finalized three consortiums—SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao—to operate its 'AI for All' program, which will provide free, unlimited generative AI access to all …
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has selected three consortia led by SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao to build and operate a free, unlimited generative AI service for all 52 million citizens, with b…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has selected consortiums led by SK Telecom, Kakao, and KT to develop a national AI chatbot and public-service agents under the 'AI for All' programme, with be…
South Korea will launch free agentic AI services for all citizens by the end of the year, enabling tasks such as reservations and payments through mobile messengers, phone calls, and text messages, wi…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT named three technology consortia on August 28 to deliver free, unlimited generative AI to all 52 million citizens under the 'AI for All' program, the first na…
South Korea will provide every citizen free, uncapped access to premium generative AI under a program called "AI for All," with three tech consortia delivering services and the government distributing…
South Korea will offer its entire population free generative AI services with no token limits under an initiative called 'AI for All', starting beta testing in September before a wider launch later th…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT launched its 'AI for All' initiative in mid-July 2026 to provide free, unlimited AI chatbot access to all 51–52 million residents as a public utility, with a …
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has selected SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao to build its free national AI chatbot, 'AI for Everyone,' which will be available to all 52 million citizens, with a pu…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT selected SK Telecom, Kakao, and KT to build government-backed AI services under the 'AI for Everyone' project, providing free, unlimited access to general-pur…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT on Friday selected three consortiums led by SK Telecom, KT, and Kakao to operate the 'AI for All' project, which will provide free unlimited access to AI tool…
WRTN Technologies, a Korean artificial intelligence service provider, raised approximately 100 billion won ($72.23 million) in a Series C funding round, valuing the company at over 1 trillion won and …
Five of 11 securities firms cut their target prices for Kakao on Monday after the company announced plans to split into two listed entities, Kakao AI and Kakao X, with Kiwoom Securities making the lar…
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…