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AI & Enterprise
MSIT to hold challenge to turn residents\' ideas into R&D for local issues
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT will hold a \"Local Issue Solution Challenge\" to develop residents\' proposals into science and technology-based solutions. The program will run around 17 nationwide R&D support groups. Six tasks will be selected through public presentations and evaluation, with total prize money of 31,000,000 won and ministerial awards. The ministry plans follow-up R&D and demonstrations from 2027 and will also run an expert challenge to apply existing R&D results locally.
Industry
IRIS operations to move to KISTI; four R&D support systems to be integrated next year
Operations of the Inter-ministerial Integrated Research Support System, IRIS, will be transferred from the Korea Institute of S&T Planning and Evaluation to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, the government said. The science ministry plans from next year to integrate four major research support systems, including IRIS, Ezbaro·RCMS and NTIS, and to introduce AI-based research administration support services. The transfer will proceed in stages through mid-next year.
AI & Enterprise
MSIT publishes \'Survival Manual for the Age of AI Agents\'
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Tuesday it published a manual outlining how AI agents could affect society and how policy should respond. Based on the 2025 technology impact assessment, it analyses effects on daily life, the labour market, education, democracy and national security. It also includes key issues and policy proposals raised in a citizen forum and survey involving experts and the public.
