
Presidential chief of staff Kim Yong-beom calls for state-funded AI access and public-sector adoption to boost the market
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South Korea's presidential chief of staff, Kim Yong-beom, proposed on February 21 that access to artificial intelligence should be considered a basic right, with the state providing free domestic AI services to citizens. He outlined a vision for an "AI basic society" that would integrate AI into public administration and expand the market.
Speaking at a briefing, Kim argued that AI access is now a fundamental right and suggested that the government should offer locally developed AI tools to the public at no cost. He also recommended adopting AI in public and administrative sectors to stimulate market growth, according to Yonhap News Agency.
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Yonhap News Blue House Policy Chief Kim Yong-beom said on the 21st, "Access to artificial intelligence (AI) should now be viewed as a basic right," proposing an AI basic society plan in which the state provides domestic AI to the people for free and introduces AI into the public and administrative sectors to grow the market.
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Kim Yong-beom, head of the Office for Government Policy Coordination at the presidential office, is speaking at a briefing on the work of ministries presided over by President Lee Jae-myung at the Cheong Wa Dae State Guest House on the 16th.
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