Chairman Go Jin: "The Government Addresses All Citizens' Needs with a Single Search Bar"

Attendance at Italy G7 Ministerial Meeting on 14-15
Unveiling the Digital Platform Government Blueprint
Introducing AI Use Cases for Solving Social Issues

Chairman Ko Jin of the Presidential Commission on the Digital Platform Government. Photo by Heo Younghan younghan@

"The government's ultimate goal is to solve everything the people want with just one search bar."

Ko Jin, Chairman of the Digital Platform Government Committee, revealed this vision on the 15th (local time) at the G7 Digital and Technology Ministers' Meeting held in Trento, Italy.

He stated that the ultimate goal of the digital government is to provide a single search bar, such as an AI prompt, where citizens can resolve all their needs.

Chairman Ko shared plans to introduce a "government-exclusive super-large AI" trained on government data by private AI within a secure environment to achieve this.

He also expressed his intention to actively share the experiences and know-how gained during this process with the international community and encouraged participation in the upcoming "AI Safety Summit" co-hosted by Korea and the United Kingdom in May.

At this Digital and Technology Ministers' Meeting, voices called for addressing the potential risks of AI, and Chairman Ko said that the Korean government is carefully considering a balanced policy that ensures AI safety without missing out on innovation.

The government is currently piloting AI in public administration to solve social issues such as disaster safety and support for vulnerable groups. Chairman Ko reported, "Recently, by using AI for civil complaint consultations, we confirmed a 14.5% reduction in citizens' waiting times and a 10% improvement in public officials' work efficiency."

At the Industrial Ministers' Meeting held the previous day in Verona, Italy, Chairman Ko introduced Korea's AI convergence and diffusion policies aimed at industrial and public sector innovation and the normalization of AI in daily life.

He explained, "We are expanding AI utilization in citizens' daily lives such as healthcare and education, integrating AI into existing industries like manufacturing, finance, and logistics, and providing data and computing resources necessary for AI development to small and medium enterprises and startups."

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