President Moon Jae-in has promised his government's backing for companies and developers working on artificial intelligence... to make South Korea one of the best in the field.<br />And he says the government will be ready with a plan within this year.<br />Our Park Hee-jun has more. President Moon Jae-in says the South Korean government will unveil a national strategy by the end of the year,... to help the country develop its artificial intelligence industry.<br />"The government will lay out an 'artificial intelligence national strategy' within the year, based on a basic conception of completely new artificial intelligence."<br />This was during his keynote speech on Monday at the DEVIEW 2019 in Seoul.<br />12-hundred business people, developers and students attended the largest annual developer's conference in Korea.<br />To respond to the growing influence of the technology, the government has allocated 1-point-5 billion U.S. dollars to data, 5G networks and AI in the 2020 budget a 50 percent increase on 2019.<br />The president promised to help companies make bold investments and rapid profits through the soon-to-be announced strategy,... so that Korea can become a leader in the field.<br />"Right now it's controlled remotely, but can it move according to voice command or even on its own?"<br />"Yes. That's why 5G technology is important. You just have to connect this robot to the cloud service with 5G. The movie "Terminator" is becoming a reality."<br />But President Moon says it will not stop there.<br />He highlighted that AI will be applied to various social issues, ranging from health and welfare in an aging society to the safety of women living alone and preventing crime<br />Artificial intelligence has been an actively discussed topic at the Blue House,... during President Moon's meetings with his top aides.<br />It was also discussed during his sit-down in July with SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, also known as Son Jung-eui,... who repeatedly stressed the importance of AI.<br />The president's remarks at the conference make clear his determination to foster the AI industry to back the growth in non-memory semiconductors, biotech and future cars,... which he sees as Korea's three new growth engines.<br />Park Hee-jun, Arirang News.<br />
