Government Invests 390.1 Billion Won in Super Large AI to Foster Future Strategic Industries

Ministry of Science and ICT Announces 'Strategies to Strengthen Supergiant AI Competitiveness'

The government will invest 390.1 billion KRW this year to strengthen competitiveness in super-large artificial intelligence (AI). By 2027, it plans to build data equivalent to 150,000 books and develop technologies to overcome the limitations of super-large AI. Through the '5 Major Flagship Projects,' super-large AI will be introduced into specialized private sectors, and government work efficiency will be enhanced.

On the 14th, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced this plan through the 'Super-large AI Competitiveness Enhancement Plan' at the 'Digital Platform Government Implementation Plan Report Meeting.'

Measures to Strengthen Competitiveness in Supermassive AI
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The ChatGPT craze has triggered the normalization of AI in daily life. Globally, the race to secure leadership in super-large AI is extremely fierce. The government plans to strengthen super-large AI competitiveness and nurture it as a future strategic industry, building on previous AI policy achievements. It plans to invest 390.1 billion KRW this year.

First, the government will expand technology and industrial infrastructure to support the development and advancement of super-large AI in the private sector. Based on industry demand, it will build 200 types of specialized training data by 2027 (equivalent to 150,000 books), including language data for Southeast Asia and the Middle East to target non-English markets. To improve Korean language performance of super-large AI, 130 types of high-quality corpora and Korean application corpora will be constructed by 2027.

New technology development will be pursued to overcome limitations such as failure to reflect the latest information and false answers during the use of super-large AI. In addition to basic research (2022?2026, 265.5 billion KRW) aimed at improving learning ability and reliability of existing deep learning, technologies to overcome current super-large AI limitations will be developed, including logical reasoning (understanding causality), bias filtering, model lightweighting, and optimization. To support the massive computing resources required for super-large AI development and operation, AI semiconductor software (SW) and data acceleration processing hardware (HW) will be developed and demonstrated so that high-performance, low-power K-Cloud based on domestic AI semiconductors can be utilized by super-large AI.

Second, a super-large AI industrial innovation ecosystem will be established. The '5 Major Flagship Projects' will integrate super-large AI into specialized private sectors such as law, medical care, psychological counseling, culture and arts, and academia and research, and super-large AI application services will be developed to improve efficiency in administrative and public institution tasks.

To enable the development of innovative AI services based on super-large AI, comprehensive support for super-large AI models and computing resources will be provided, and a convergence project will be promoted to visualize and service super-large AI as intelligent assistants in metaverse spaces. Additionally, global-level specialized talent for super-large AI development and utilization will be further cultivated.

Third, efforts will be made to establish a nationwide AI innovation system and culture. Tasks for improving regulations on super-large AI will be identified, and existing systems such as personal information and intellectual property rights will be revised. A dataset will be built to detect potential risks in super-large AI services and verify unethical or harmful expressions and factual distortions. Social changes such as jobs and security caused by the spread of super-large AI will be addressed, and acceptance capacity will be enhanced.

Lee Jong-ho, Minister of Science and ICT, stated, “Super-large AI capabilities will determine the competitiveness of individuals, companies, and the nation.” He added, “Based on our companies’ independent super-large AI platforms, we will continuously strengthen super-large AI competitiveness, nurture it as a future strategic industry, and accelerate the digital economy together with the public through smart artificial intelligence.”

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