On-Premises & Sovereign AIHa Jung-woo (head of Naver Future AI Center)NaverStatement

Ha Jung-woo defines sovereign AI and says it should be a government agenda

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Defined sovereign AI as AI that better understands a country's culture, and said it should become a government agenda rather than a Naver agenda. Proposed giving 5,000 GPUs to 3–4 national-champion AI companies and having them release the results as open source

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The turning point at which sovereign AI in Korea moved from a corporate marketing term to a national policy term. This person became head of the government's AI policy 9 months later

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Presszdnet.co.krhttps://zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20240916121827

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