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Ku Hyuk-chae visits bio research site, checks AI science ecosystem
Ku Hyuk-chae (구혁채), first vice minister at South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT, visited Bionexus on March 19 to review bio research using artificial intelligence. He also held a meeting with industry and research officials including Upstage, Rebellions and the Korea Basic Science Institute. The visit was part of Project Empathy 118. Ku discussed policies to build a cooperative ecosystem between bio and AI under the K-Moonshot strategy.
AI & Enterprise
South Korea to foster brain-computer interface as future industry
South Korea\'s government plans to foster brain-computer interface (BCI) technology as a future core industry, aiming to take an early lead in an emerging brain-based sector. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced a joint interagency national research and development strategy covering mission-driven projects from 2027. It will pursue invasive BCI for intractable medical areas and non-invasive BCI for early commercialisation across fields including wearables, entertainment and defence, while also advancing brain-related drug development and data-driven brain models.
AI & Enterprise
2026 to mark clearer proof of quantum advantage as quantum AI era blooms
An IBM Korea executive said quantum computing is no longer a far-off technology and 2026 will be a stage to confirm clearer quantum advantage. He forecast a quantum-centric supercomputing era in which QPU, CPU and GPU work together to support large-scale computing. Another speaker said combining quantum and AI will become a source of national competitiveness and called for nurturing quantum talent. Officials and experts at an IITP event reviewed industrial changes driven by quantum AI.
