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Telecommunications & Media

AI use spreads ahead of June 3 local elections, from polls to vote count broadcasts

Generative AI is being used more widely than ever ahead of the June 3 nationwide local elections in South Korea, including in opinion polling, broadcasters’ real-time vote count analysis and explanations, and deepfake monitoring. SBS and OpenAI Korea plan to use GPT-5.5 for real-time natural-language commentary during an election night broadcast. AI-based “silicon sampling” is also drawing attention in polling, while authorities are deploying AI models to detect deepfakes.

AI & Enterprise

AI-driven security strategy sees generational shift as priorities change

Growing concern over cyberattacks that misuse advanced AI models is prompting calls for companies to reset security priorities. With AI able to find software vulnerabilities faster, the focus is shifting to minimising exposure time and adopting zero-trust approaches to contain spread even after a breach. Anthropic and Cloudflare warn that faster patching must be balanced with validation and testing. Governments and firms are also expanding AI-driven security programmes, partnerships and investments.

Finance

Kiwoom Securities' brokerage lead shakes; can its retirement pension gambit work?

Kiwoom Securities will start a retirement pension business from June, seeking to diversify earnings and expand its retail client base. The move comes as it posted record first-quarter profit while its core brokerage retail market share fell. It will offer IRP, DC and DB plans via its mobile trading system and operate the business mainly online. The firm will waive key fees for 1 year and aims for 10 percent securities-sector pension market share and a top-5 ranking by 2035.