Ha Jung-woo defines sovereign AI and says it should be a government agenda
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
Why it matters
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=20240916121827Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week