DEVIEW 2019: South Korea aiming to become 'AI powerhouse'
- 4 years ago
South Korea's largest annual forum on AI and software took place over the past two days in Seoul.
Roughly 2-and-a-half-thousand people attended Developer's View, or DEVIEW, where developers from tech giants to local startups had the opportunity to showcase their latest technologies.
Our Eum Ji-young was there.
Visitors to Deview 2019 in Seoul encountered new technology as soon as they arrived at the event. Instead of having to line up to check in, they simple got their faces scanned by a device that can recognize their face in just one tenth of a second.
"As this technology is able to recognize faces in zero-point-one seconds, there is no need to stand in a long queue at these types of events."
A company called Pingpong also unveiled an AI friend it has developed.
"Unlike existing AIs like Siri or Assistant that are focused on carrying out tasks, we are developing an AI that can have personal chats with people and build intimate emotional relationships."
During a visit to the DEVIEW on Monday, President Moon stressed the importance of developing the nation as an "AI powerhouse".
"In a bid to become a leading country in the artificial intelligence field and further nurture the AI industry, President Moon vowed that his government will roll out a national strategy plan within this year."
As well as upping the budget for AI and 5G, the government aims to create more AI specialists.
"When we were starting to develop this technology, we needed more workers. It would be better if more specialists are available."
"Although the government is supporting many AI projects, in order to apply for them too much administrative work is needed. Developers tend to downgrade their goals when there are too many steps required to get the support they need. I hope the government can reduce paperwork and trust the start-up firms. Also, I hope big firms can share their data sets so that start-ups can use that information to grow"
Naver Labs, which develops maps for driverless vehicles, recently shared some of their maps for free so that start-up companies and researchers can utilize them.
Eum Ji-young Arirang News.
Roughly 2-and-a-half-thousand people attended Developer's View, or DEVIEW, where developers from tech giants to local startups had the opportunity to showcase their latest technologies.
Our Eum Ji-young was there.
Visitors to Deview 2019 in Seoul encountered new technology as soon as they arrived at the event. Instead of having to line up to check in, they simple got their faces scanned by a device that can recognize their face in just one tenth of a second.
"As this technology is able to recognize faces in zero-point-one seconds, there is no need to stand in a long queue at these types of events."
A company called Pingpong also unveiled an AI friend it has developed.
"Unlike existing AIs like Siri or Assistant that are focused on carrying out tasks, we are developing an AI that can have personal chats with people and build intimate emotional relationships."
During a visit to the DEVIEW on Monday, President Moon stressed the importance of developing the nation as an "AI powerhouse".
"In a bid to become a leading country in the artificial intelligence field and further nurture the AI industry, President Moon vowed that his government will roll out a national strategy plan within this year."
As well as upping the budget for AI and 5G, the government aims to create more AI specialists.
"When we were starting to develop this technology, we needed more workers. It would be better if more specialists are available."
"Although the government is supporting many AI projects, in order to apply for them too much administrative work is needed. Developers tend to downgrade their goals when there are too many steps required to get the support they need. I hope the government can reduce paperwork and trust the start-up firms. Also, I hope big firms can share their data sets so that start-ups can use that information to grow"
Naver Labs, which develops maps for driverless vehicles, recently shared some of their maps for free so that start-up companies and researchers can utilize them.
Eum Ji-young Arirang News.