Gov't to reveal policy measure for hyperscale AI industry

• Published date: 08 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

The government will announce its policy measure regarding the hyperscale in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry sometime this March. This is all part of its efforts to improve the nation's abilities concerning the rapidly emerging field, which gained global attention with the rise of the generative AI service ChatGPT, the ICT minister said Wednesday.

The purpose of creating these policies is to increase Korea's competitiveness in the AI sector by drawing together the capabilities of the government and private companies. To this end, the policy measure is expected to include flexible regulations for the spread of hyperscale AI and social and technological measures that can improve the reliability of AI services.

"Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November, the number of users surpassed the 100 million mark in less than three months, with many now calling it a game changer in the AI era. However, ChatGPT is nothing new as it is a result of learning hyperscale AI models through large-scale data and computing power," Lee Jong-ho, minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT, said during a meeting for the nation's AI strategy with government officials and executives from private companies in Pangyo, where tech firms are located.

The minister said the emergence of such services is not much different from the attempts made by the government to increase its capabilities in digital technology, saying "we will announce the direction of the policy measures regarding the hyperscale AI industry within March."

"Hyperscale AI has become the basis for enhancing Korea's competitiveness in areas closely related...