President Moon Jae-in says his government will announce a national vision by the end of the year,... to make South Korea a leading country in artificial intelligence.
This was during his keynote speech this morning at the DEVIEW 2019 in Seoul the largest annual developer's conference in Korea.
The national strategy will include ways to bring better opportunities to Korean AI firms and developers.
That will be done through the 1-point-5 billion U.S. dollars allocated to data, 5G networks and artificial intelligence in the 2020 budget a 50 percent increase on 2019.
The president's remarks make clear his determination to foster the AI industry to back the growth in non-memory semiconductors, biotech and future cars, what he sees as Korea's three new growth engines.
