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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
Public-private deepfake response R&D working group launched
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT on Wednesday formed a Deepfake Response R&D Working Group and held its first meeting to prevent and respond to deepfake 피해. Government agencies, research institutes and companies including Kakao and Naver are taking part. The meeting reviewed progress on deepfake-related R&D, cooperation plans and ways to verify and spread results. The ministry and IITP are also 추진 this year a new project to develop core technologies to respond to digital deepfake crime through 2030.
General News
NIFS says cause of Samlip Sihwa factory fire cannot be determined
South Korea’s National Forensic Service has concluded it is not possible to make a specific determination on what caused the fire that broke out in February at Samlip’s Sihwa factory. The agency said the blaze may have started inside the ceiling directly above an oven or from ignition in the oven’s exhaust piping, but severe burning, deformation, collapse and loss prevented a concrete finding. Police plan to review assessments by related agencies.
