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Telecom giant KT is hosting the annual Mobile 360 Asia Pacific (M360 APAC) conference on September 7-8 in Seoul. M360 is an annual event organized by the GSMA, a non-profit organization that represents global mobile network operators, since 2013. At the annual conference, participants discuss the information and communications technology (ICT) industry agenda, with region-specific topics on mobile industry issues from Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. This is the first time the M360 event is being held in Korea, with KT serving as the host. The conference attracts more than 1,000 attendees every year from ICT companies, governments, regulators, and over-the-top (OTT) companies around the world. Some of the participating firms will showcase the latest mobile technologies and trends. “South Korea was the first country in the world to launch 5G mobile services – and has a reputation for leading the way when it comes to harnessing emerging technologies such as AI, the Metaverse and post quantum computing to drive digital transformation as a leading Digital Nation,” Jeanette Whyte, head of Public Policy, Asia Pacific, GSMA, said in a statement. “So, it’s fitting therefore, that industry leaders and policy makers are gathering in its capital of Seoul for the GSMA’s M360 APAC leadership conference, to discuss the next steps in how countries across the region can move forward as Digital Nations.” Under the theme of "Leading the Digital First Future," M360 APAC Korea will bring together leaders from major ICT companies such as KT, Samsung Electronics, and China Mobile, as well as key figures from the Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea Telecommunications Operators Association (KTOA), and academia to discuss issues, including digital transformation, artificial intelligence, 6th generation mobile communications, and fintech. The GSMA executive emphasized that international cooperation is fundamental to the development of digital solutions, as emerging technologies and their potential impact transcend national and even regional borders. Given the transformational potential of emerging technologies, there is a case to be made that there needs to be collective progress in the development and application of these technologies, he added. Opening keynote speakers include GSMA Director General Mats Granryd; Vice Minister of Science and ICT Yun-gyu Park; KT CEO Young-shub Kim; President of Samsung Electronics' Network Business Division Woo-june Kim; and China Mobile Chairman Yang Jie. KT CEO Kim will talk about Korea's status as a global ICT and digital leader in his speech. In addition to the keynote, Kang-rim Choi, Head of KT's AI Mobility Business Unit; Soon-min Bae, Head of AI2XL Research Center at KT; Jun-hee Park, Senior Vice President of KT’s Mobility Partnerships; and Won-seok Choi, President of BC Card, will also deliver speeches on mobile network technology.KT will hold an exhibition to showcase its AI full-stack strategy together with partners, including Rebellion, Moreh, QANDA, and 2Digit. "It is a great honor for KT to host the GSMA M360 APAC event, which will be held for the first time in Korea," said Sung-wook Moon, Head of KT Global Business Office, adding, “We will do our best to make it a successful global event and showcase Korea's status as a global ICT powerhouse.

Since the highly advanced generative artificial intelligence service ChatGPT surprised the world late last year, governments and businesses across the globe have shifted gears into war mode to take the reins in the AI field. Tech behemoths, including Google, Microsoft, and Meta, competitively released their own AI services day after day in a timeline of every one week or two. Amid the dog-eat-dog AI race reaching its peak in April, Alphabet, the parent company of search engine giant Google, decided to merge two of its AI units DeepMind and Google Brain.The decision was widely considered as a surprise, as two labs had long engaged in a rivalry, forming a competitive atmosphere within Alphabet. It was also Alphabet’s response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the tech giant felt a sense of urgency that its long-held AI leadership is being seriously challenged.According to Jung-woo Ha, the chief of Cloud AI Innovation at South Korean web portal giant Naver, each nation and company must tightly prepare themselves for the heated competition and missing the timing could lead to a point where the local IT industry and the whole nation would not be able to recuperate. Furthermore, without the nation securing its own AI ecosystem that fully supports the Korean language, heavy reliance on platforms like OpenAI could take a heavy toll.“The operators of plug-in apps for ChatGPT, for example, cannot access data generated from their apps while the user data from chats will only be used to beef up the capacities of OpneAI’s own services,” said the Cloud AI Innovation chief in a recent interview with The Miilk, adding “The establishment of an ecosystem with advanced AI is a must, not an option, in order to safeguard data sovereignty for local businesses and the nation.”A plug-in is an add-on program which enables certain features, such as audio or video play, on a host program.Currently, businesses offering ChatGPT-powered services utilize the AI solution in a form of either the application programming interface(API) or plug-in. Using the API means a company has to pay a large amount of fees for OpenAI while making use of the plug-in means data will be stored on the operator’s server, limiting the chance of advancing services on their own with the generated data.Possible data leaks through the AI-powered chat service have also become a bone of contention in the global business world. It was reportedly found that there’s a chance that data generated through ChatGPT can be given, by accidently or purposefully, to not only OpenAI, but other users. As a result, many tech companies, including Apple, Samsung Electronics, and Amazon, ban, entirely or partially, their employees from utilizing the AI solution for work due to the fear of critical data leaks.

미국 라스베가스에서 5일(현지시간)부터 나흘간 열리는 세계 최대 가전정보기술전시회 CES2023에는 국내에서 약 500여곳의 스타트업이 참가한다. 매월 1월 열리는 CES에서는 각국에서 내노라하는 기업들이 참여해 신기술을 전시하고, 새로운 고객사를 유치한다.한국에서도 인공지능, ESG, 헬스케어, 뷰티 등 다양한 분야의 기업들이 참여를 하며, 글로벌 시장의 문을 두드린다. 이들 기업들 중에는 삼성전자, LG전자 등 국내 대기업의 지원을 받거나 중기부 등 정부기관의 도움으로 이번 글로벌 가전정보기술전시회에 참여하는 기회를 잡은 기업들도 포함이 되어 있다.2020년, 2022년에 혁신상을 수상한 텐마인즈가 올해 CES행사에서도 3번째 혁신상을 받았다. 동일한 제품임에도 불구하고 기술 업그레이드를 통해서 혁신을 이루어 냈다는 평가이다.