Discussion on Creating a Smart Future City Dongdaemun-gu with AI Experts

Conversation with Ha Jung-woo, Head of Naver AI Innovation Center, on ‘Administrative Utilization of AI Technology’

Considering the Introduction of Conversational AI Care Call Service Linked to Traditional Market Development Plans



Dongdaemun-gu Mayor Lee Pil-hyung (left) took a commemorative photo with Ha Jung-woo, head of Naver Cloud AI Innovation Center, who visited the district office on the 13th.

Dongdaemun-gu Mayor Lee Pil-hyung (left) took a commemorative photo with Ha Jung-woo, head of Naver Cloud AI Innovation Center, who visited the district office on the 13th.

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Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Lee Pil-hyung) invited Ha Jung-woo, Head of Naver Cloud AI Innovation Center, on the 13th to discuss the current status of the development of large-scale conversational AI technology and its application considering the characteristics of Dongdaemun-gu.


Mayor Lee Pil-hyung, the head of the Smart City Division, and other related officials engaged in a conversation with Director Ha about how conversational AI services like ChatGPT are being utilized across various sectors of society including researchers, office workers, and designers, as well as the strengths of Naver’s Korean language-based large-scale AI ‘HyperClover’ and ways it can be applied in field administration.


Subsequently, considering the characteristics of Dongdaemun-gu with an increasing elderly population, single-person households, and densely clustered traditional markets, they reviewed the introduction of ‘CLOVA CareCall,’ a conversational check-in service that Naver provides as the world’s first and only service of its kind.


They also discussed innovative measures linked to the traditional market development plan recently presented by Mayor Lee, where conversational AI would learn and organize data on merchants’ stores and products to provide it to market users.



Lee Pil-hyung, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, said, “Inviting Director Ha Jung-woo today and having this conversation made me realize that the future society is not far away.” He added, “We will actively introduce the growing AI technology and Internet of Things (IoT) into administration to provide universal benefits of digital technology, striving to create a ‘Smart Future City Dongdaemun-gu’ where residents can live conveniently and comfortably.”


This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.

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