-
Aug 5, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Han Yubin
Global technology companies are engaged in acquihiring, a term that combines acquisition and hiring, in an effort to gain startup talent. According to TechCrunch and The Information on Saturday, local time, Google announced that it is hiring Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, founders of Character.AI, and their fellow AI researchers. Character.AI investors’ shares are being bought at $88 per share, which values Character.AI at about $2.5 billion.
-
Jul 25, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Oh Chan-jong |Han Yubin
Samsung Electronics Co. could supply image sensors for Apple’s iPhone for the first time. In a report published on Thursday, TF International Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo predicted that the iPhone will be equipped with Samsung Electronics‘ complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors from 2026 onwards.
-
Jul 23, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Lee Eun-joo
The artificial intelligence (AI) weather forecasting industry is heating up, with big tech companies launching AI weather simulators and entering into preemptive competition. There is an expectation that by integrating AI into traditional weather prediction systems that relied on high-cost supercomputers, prediction speeds will increase while costs will decrease. Google LLC, Microsoft Corp, and Nvidia Corp., as well as Huawei Technologies Co. from China have all entered the fray.
-
Jun 12, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Lee Eun-joo
South Korean companies AmazeVR Inc. and Neowiz Corp. were under the spotlight during Apple Inc’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held in Cupertino, the United States. AmazeVR creates virtual reality (VR) content and distribution platforms using Apple’s mixed reality headset Vision Pro, while Neowiz achieved success by releasing the globally successful Korean game, “Lies of P” for Mac.
-
Jun 11, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Hwang Soon-min |Yoon Yeon-hae
U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. unveiled new artificial intelligence (AI) features that operate major apps through voice commands on Monday (local time).
-
May 30, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Dong-in |Lee Duk-joo |Lee Eun-joo
Samsung Electronics Co. will launch its artificial intelligence (AI) PC, the Galaxy Book4 Edge, in South Korea in June 2024 to join the competition for AI PCs, or those equipped with high-performance semiconductors and capable of processing AI. Samsung Electronics held a media day event on Thursday in Yongsan District, central Seoul, where it unveiled the Galaxy Book4 Edge. The device was introduced as one of the first Copilot+PCs at an event hosted by Microsoft Corp.
-
May 29, 2024 | 
pulse.mk.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Jeong Ho-jun |Lee Eun-joo
Smartphone manufacturers are applying artificial intelligence (AI) features to many of their handsets, with Apple Inc. scheduled to unveil new iPhones in June 2024, following Samsung Electronics Co.’s flagship Galaxy series earlier in the year. Bloomberg said on Tuesday local time that Apple is expected to reveal AI features at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
-
May 12, 2024 | 
pulsenews.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Lee Eun-joo
OpenAI, the developer behind generative artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT, is poised to unveil its own custom-made AI voice assistant that understands human speech and engages in conversation. Tech publication The Information reported on Saturday local time that OpenAI will demonstrate an AI voice assistant similar to the one in the movie, "Her" on Monday.
-
Apr 17, 2024 | 
pulsenews.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Lee Eun-joo
South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. plans to invest more than 200 billion won ($145 million) in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector within 2024, increasing the ration by 30 to 40 percent from the previous year, according to its chief executive officer on Tuesday. "We are always open to investment opportunities if we meet good companies or collaboration opportunities," LG Uplus CEO Hwang Hyeon-sik said.
-
Mar 21, 2024 | 
pulsenews.co.kr | Lee Duk-joo |Choi Seung-jin |Minu Kim
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made headlines by visiting the Samsung Electronics Co. booth and leaving his signature, alongside the words "Jensen Approved," on Samsung's new high bandwidth memory (HBM) product. The HBM3E 12H was on display at the 'GTC 2024' developer conference held in San Jose, California on Thursday (local time). The move sparked discussions across the industry, particularly after Huang expressed his anticipation for Samsung Electronics' HBM products the day before.
