AI & Enterprise
Bae Gyeong-hun calls for AI as national growth engine, presents Korea strategy at G20
Bae Gyeong-hun (배경훈), South Korea’s deputy prime minister and science minister, shared Seoul’s policy direction to foster AI as a driver of national innovation and economic growth at a G20 innovation ministers’ meeting. The ministry said Bae attended as South Korea’s lead representative in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He outlined expanded basic research investment, steps to streamline R&D, and initiatives including the SEED and K-Moonshot projects, as well as plans to broaden AI use and train talent.