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South Korea expands AI deployment

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In mid‑July 2026 South Korean firms began scaling AI agents: KB Capital added ten agents for customer counseling and credit review, while and Lotte Innovate deployed over ten customized agents for voice‑translation, voice translation, price monitoring and demand forecasting across its affiliates. forecasting. A week later Selvas AI partnered with robot maker Clobot to install its on‑device “Selvas Trigger” voice interface in more than 20 guide robots at Incheon International Airport, and while the Ministry of Science and ICT launched a government‑backed project to release a free domestic AI chatbot by year‑end. By early August AI entered biotech and medical fields. Hanmi Pharmaceutical showcased unveiled an in‑house AI platform that produced generated a muscle‑building, weight‑loss drug candidate now in U.S. Phase 1 trials; Dong‑A Socio Group and Mokam Life Science Research Institute launched AI‑driven platforms for candidate discovery and mRNA‑vaccine design; logistics firm Geo‑Young automated its supply chain with AI workflows; and Miso Information Technology together with KAI Lab introduced “Dr. Pencil,” a medical‑AI system that transcribes clinician‑patient dialogue into electronic records using voice‑recognition voice recognition and large‑language‑model knowledge search. The Korean Health Industry Promotion Agency Development Institute formed an AI transformation task force and rolled out force, appointing a 27‑member anchor team, upgrading the generative‑AI service “Bion GPT” to help researchers locate BION GPT with a 100‑million‑won procurement, and analyse providing staff training on AI ethics, security and data‑privacy. The agency also rolled out BION GPT to aid biomedical data. research. The government approved a national AI package for community health centres—automating medical‑record record entry, assisting imaging interpretation and enabling remote consultations—and piloted an emergency‑response AI platform for ambulance routing in Daegu. New developments in Other August include moves included a South Korean Army study to overhaul its revamp counter‑intelligence structure against AI‑driven espionage and espionage, a specialised unit of 23 women digital detectives that removed 318,000 illegal AI‑generated deep‑fake porn videos in the previous year. Additionally, travel‑expense platform Bizplay signed an videos, and Bizplay’s MOU with AI data‑intelligence firm BQ AI to embed AI‑driven receipt, document and policy automation plus safety‑news alerts for travelers.

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