When queried about Deoksu Palace, a prominent generative artificial intelligence (AI) system hallucinated a striking piece of architecture, rendering an image of the fountain in front of Seokjojeon hall as a traditional lotus pond similar to Buyongji, located kilometers away at Changdeok Palace. The glitch is symbolic of a growing challenge for cultural institutions in the digital age and maintaining historical truth as generative AI becomes the world’s default reference tool. To counter these digital distortions, the Korean government, in partnership with a civil diplomacy organization, is turning to tech-savvy youth to audit algorithms and safeguard the nation’s historical identity online. The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, operating under the Korea Heritage Service, said Tuesday that a monthlong campaign by the second cohort of the “Global AI Cultural Heritage Ambassadors” ended successfully. Run jointly with the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), the initiative deployed 76 young ambassadors between June 29 to July 26 to systematically search for er
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