Director Kim Sung-soo (김성수), who made the 13 million-viewer film \"12.12: The Day,\" is continuing experiments with AI in filmmaking. At ACFM 2026 in Busan he presented the AI short film \"Worm Train\" and plans to use AI in key action scenes for a planned seven-part series, with an eye on attempting AI scenes in feature films. He says AI is a game-changer but cannot replace people, stressing that immersion and storytelling still depend on experts’ detail and collaboration.

As debate grows over slowing AI development, speakers at a Seoul seminar said South Korea should raise the pace of responsibility through verification, control and recovery, rather than delay frontier AI. They called for Korea to design AI safety standards needed by both the United States and China, focusing on functional cooperation over value-based blocs. Participants also urged broader AI system evaluations beyond model scores and advocated Korea-specific benchmarks, risk-based management and stronger operational readiness in firms.