South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety held a briefing on March 6 on support measures for AI transformation (AX) for government agencies and will begin running a government-wide AX support system, they said on March 8.

A total of 33 organisations took part in the briefing, including 22 government agencies that are 추진 중이거나 planning AX projects and 11 public institutions. The event was held to introduce the ministries' AX support centres, launched as follow-up steps to the "one-stop full-cycle government AX support measures" approved at the 4th meeting of science and technology-related ministers in January, and to provide guidance on how they will be run.

The science ministry will support the full process from planning new AX projects to building AI training data, using AI models and infrastructure, regulatory consulting, and securing safety and trust. An "AX One-Stop Support Center TF" within the National IT Industry Promotion Agency will serve as the point of contact. The interior ministry will provide step-by-step tailored support from identifying tasks to planning and design, support for public AI resources, establishing ethics and accountability, and spreading outcomes. The National Information Society Agency's Public AI Business Support Center will be responsible for operations.

The two ministries are currently receiving demand from 45 government agencies for AX consulting tasks. They will run an AX advisory group made up of AI specialist companies and experts by field and will push ahead with consulting in earnest from this month.

Lee Jin-soo (이진수), director general for AI policy planning at the science ministry, said the combined AX project budget across ministries this year has expanded by more than five times from last year. "We will actively support government agencies so they can create AX results early," he said.