US EditionSouth Korea, Google DeepMind Sign AI Cooperation MOU in Seoul
The agreement covers joint research, talent development and responsible AI, while Google plans its first AI campus in Korea and at least 10 engineers, officials said.
- Google DeepMind signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT to open its first AI campus in Seoul, aimed to begin operation in 2026 supporting joint AI research and skills development under Korea's K-Moonshot project.
- Demis Hassabis met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Ministry of Science and ICT officials to formalize the partnership for the AI campus.
- The AI campus will link Google engineers with South Korean startups, researchers, and industry, fostering collaboration with companies like Samsung, SK Hynix, Hyundai's Boston Dynamics, and LG to enhance Korea’s AI capabilities.
- The MOU highlights South Korea's goal to become a top AI powerhouse alongside the US and China by 2035, using AI to address national challenges in biotechnology, energy, space, and semiconductors.
16 Articles
16 Articles
Google DeepMind to open its first AI campus in the world in Seoul
Demis Hassabis met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae on Monday and signed an MOU with the Ministry of Science and ICT. The campus will be operational this year. Hassabis accepted a request to send at least 10 Google engineers from US headquarters. He presented Lee with a Go board signed […] This story continues at The Next Web
On the 27th, President Lee Jae-myung met with Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind and developer of the AI AlphaGo, to discuss plans for the opening of the ‘Google AI Campus’ and the dispatch of researchers. This campus, which Google is pushing forward with the goal of opening within the year, will be established in a 600-pyeong space in Gangnam, Seoul, and will serve as a base for the ‘K-Moonshot Project,’ an AI-based technolog…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 56% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
