Data Tech company BigValue's CEO Gooreum has released a book titled 'National Intelligence' (Bakyoungsa), co-written with Hong Seung-gil (홍승길), a former senior official at the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency.

The company said 'National Intelligence' focuses on a case study of a high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) risk prediction model built jointly by BigValue and the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency. It addresses conditions needed for Korea's administration to move beyond "AI adoption" to the "AX (AI transformation)" stage.

It presents an AX methodology, based on real operational cases, that changes the structure and workings of administrative decision-making beyond simple automation, or robotic process automation (RPA).

The HPAI risk prediction model integrates and analyses more than 80 different types of data, including vehicle GPS, migratory bird movement and satellite imagery. It selects farms with higher risk levels and identifies targets that quarantine personnel should inspect first.

In the book, the authors set out, step by step, conditions for administrative AX to function in real settings, including AI-ready data design, explainable AI (XAI), on-site acceptance and cross-ministry orchestration. They also analyse structural reasons many public AI projects remain stuck at reports or pilot projects.

Gooreum said, "This book is the result of recording the administrative AX transformation journey that BigValue and the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency have built together over the past several years." He added, "It is not simply an introduction to a success case. We sought to include evidence-based insights on what Korea's public sector needs to change in the AI era." He said, "AI is the engine, but AX is the work of rebuilding organisations and systems so they can run with that engine." He added, "With this book as a starting point, BigValue will contribute to building key references in the public AX field."