HomeAccording to assessments by local technology developers, South Korea’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology is only 47% of the level of the United States.
According to a survey conducted by the Mainichi Keizai Shimbun on Sunday of 105 people from 59 AI companies and educational institutions on the state of AI technology in South Korea, the average level of AI technology in South Korea was 4.7 on a scale of 1 to 1 compared to the US. Ta.
The research comes as the AI ecosystem rapidly expands among the world’s largest technology companies. A clear trend in the world’s AI industry this year is the rise of AI agents that can understand human speech and perform various tasks on behalf of users.
Industry observers expect it to be a three-way race between OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot, and Google LLC’s Gemini.
In order to strengthen South Korea’s AI competitiveness, 46.7% of respondents cited expanding AI-related budgets and supporting research and development, followed by 22.9% citing AI human resource development and recruitment support.
Insiders stress the need for government-backed infrastructure development to protect the domestic market, given the expansion of large tech companies leveraging their technological and financial resources.
Big U.S. tech companies plan to invest $68.1 billion in AI this year, according to Goldman Sachs Group.
Scaling your graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructure is a critical task. Despite being recognized as critical infrastructure, the supply of GPUs is consistently lower than demand. However, this development poses a major cost challenge for domestic companies, requiring billions of dollars.
Anonymous researchers suggested consolidating government budgets into GPU infrastructure investments instead of allocating them to different purposes.
Active data acquisition was also considered important for GPU development among respondents. “Securing GPUs requires a large amount of capital, but acquiring data requires relatively little cost,” said Kim Nam-hyuk of Upstage, an AI company.
Written by Won Ho-seop, Lee Sang-deok, and Jang Yi-cheon
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