According to Yonhap News Agency, Park Kyung-hoon, the South Korean vice minister of science and technology and minister of information and communications, said on the 18th that he believes China may become a stronger artificial intelligence (AI) competitor than the United States, and emphasized that South Korea should accelerate the development of AI infrastructure and technological research and development to occupy the market high ground in global AI competition.
The Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) held a seminar at the KCCI Building in Seoul's Jongno District on the same day, and Park Kyung-hoon was invited to attend and made the above remarks.
Park Kyung-hoon, photo provided by Yonhap News Agency.
Park Kyung-hoon said that through the collaboration between the government and the private sector this year, the expansion of advanced AI infrastructure successfully attracted investments from international tech giants, laying the foundation for South Korea to move towards becoming one of the top three AI powers, and emphasized the necessity of quickly mastering world-leading AI models and technologies.
Regarding the global AI landscape, Park Kyung-hoon said that the United States has invested heavily in AI with significant results, but China should not be underestimated either, and may even become a stronger competitor. South Korea can find its own position between China and the United States, but there is still a lot of preparatory work to be done. To enter the first or second tier globally, South Korea needs to invest more and make strategic considerations.
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